Category Archives: Vocabularies

Kathy’s Word of the Week (1/22/2019) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR malapropism Pronunciation:mal-uh-prop-iz-uh m Definition:an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound As … Continue reading →

Kathy’s Word of the Week (1/7/2019) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR otiose Pronunciation:o-ti-ose Definition:serving no practical purpose or result As used in a sentence:He did fuss, uttering otiose explanations.

Kathy’s Word of the Week (2019-01-12) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR urbane Pronunciation:ur-bane Definition:notably polite or polished in manner As used in a sentence:The dialogue is witty and urbane.

Kathy’s Word of the Week (12/17/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR excoriate Pronunciation:ex-co-ri-ate Definition:censure or criticize severely the papers that had been excoriating him were now lauding him

Kathy’s Word of the Week (12/10/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR diatribe Pronunciation: di-a-tribe Definition: a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing repeated diatribes against the senator

Kathy’s Word of the Week (11/19/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR punctilious Pronunciation: punc-til-i-ous Definition: showing great attention to detail or correct behavior He was punctilious in providing every amenity for his guests.

Kathy’s Word of the Week (11/5/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR ameliorate Pronunciation: a-me-lio-rate Definition: make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better As used in a sentence: The reform did much to ameliorate living standards.

Kathy’s Word of the Week (10/29/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR petulance Pronunciation: pet-u-lance Definition: the quality of being childishly sulky or bad-tempered As used in a sentence: A slight degree of petulance had … Continue reading →

Kathy’s Word of the Week (10/08/2018), by Lloyd Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR sagacious Pronunciation: sa-ga-cious Definition: having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement; shrewd As used in a sentence: They were … Continue reading →

tire kicker noun [ C ] uk ​ us ​ US informal disapproving COMMERCE. someone who appears to be interested in buying something and asks a lot of questions but does not buy anything: If you want to sell it on … Continue reading →