Category Archives: Vocabularies

Kathy’s Word of the Week (7/23/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR pedantic Pronunciation: pe-dan-tic Definition: overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching As used in a sentence: The pedantic scholars among … Continue reading →

Kathy’s Word of the Week (7/9/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR ostensible Pronunciation: os-ten-si-ble Definition: stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so As used in a sentence: Their ostensible goal was … Continue reading →

Kathy’s Word of the Week (6/21/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR obstreperous Pronunciation: ob-strep-er-ous Definition: noisy and difficult to control As used in a sentence: The boy is cocky and obstreperous.

Kathy’s Word of the Week (6/11/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR parsimonious Pronunciation: par-si-mo-ni-ous Definition: frugal to the point of stinginess As used in a sentence: He is not parsimonious, but his instincts and … Continue reading →

Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery Attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner "obsequious shop assistants" Source: Wordweb. Word is from SPG Kathy's word of the week.  

Kathy’s Word of the Week (05/29/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR prescient Pronunciation: presh-uh nt Definition: having knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight As used in a sentence: The … Continue reading →

Kathy’s Word of the Week (5/14/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR specious Pronunciation: spee-shuh s Definition: superficially plausible but actually wrong; misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive As used in a sentence: The music … Continue reading →

Kathy’s Word of the Week (5/7/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR sobriquet Pronunciation: so-bri-quet Definition: a descriptive name or epithet; nickname. As used in a sentence: Baseball player Ty Cobb was also known as … Continue reading →

Kathy’s Word of the Week 4/23/2018 Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR sybaritic Pronunciation: syb-a-rit-ic Definition: fond of sensuous luxury; self-indulgent As used in a sentence: She regretted having left her homespun past for this … Continue reading →