Category Archives: Vocabularies

Kathy’s Word of the Week Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our CHRO acerbic Pronunciation:uh-sur-bik Definition: sharp As used in a sentence: The writer’s acerbic tone did not sit well with people who had an issue with harsh criticism.

Kathy’s Word of the Week Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our CHRO sagacious Pronunciation:suh–gey-shuhs Definition: keen mental judgement As used in a sentence: Even the best writers need a sagacious editor for finding missed errors.

Kathy’s Word of the Week Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our CHRO perfunctory Pronunciation:per–fuhngk-tuh-ree Definition: curt As used in a sentence: The bored hostess gave us a perfunctory hello at dinner.

Informal language characteristics.

Memorization by repetition. I learned of this in today's men's fellowship, about pagan's prayer in Matthew 6.

Kathy’s Word of the Week Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our CHRO capricious Pronunciation:kuh–prish–uhs Definition: fickle As used in a sentence: Because fate is capricious, you never know what it will bring into your life.

Kathy’s Word of the Week Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our CHRO sobriquet Pronunciation:soh–bruh-key Definition:nickname As used in a sentence:Bill is a sobriquet often used in regards to William.

Kathy’s Word of the Week Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our CHRO loquacious Pronunciation:loh–kwey-shuhs Definition:talkative As used in a sentence:Never loquacious, she was now totally lost for words.

Kathy’s Word of the Week Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our CHRO tenacious Pronunciation:tuh–ney-shuhs Definition:persistent As used in a sentence:Because Eva was tenacious, she rose each time she fell.

Kathy’s Word of the Week Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our CHRO ostensible Pronunciation:o-sten-suh-buhl Definition:presumably true As used in a sentence:The ostensible cause of the breakdown seems to be that someone has tampered with the gas tank.