Vocabulary: propitious
Tutoring English, vocabulary is always interesting. The tutor mentions propitious. propitious: fortunate; encouraging. Source: Mish, Frederick C. (editor). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 2004.
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Vocabulary: detent
Tutoring English, vocabulary is always interesting. The tutor mentions detent. detent: a catch which holds part of a device in place until it is released, intentionally, by a trigger of some kind. The trigger can appear remote from what it …
Vocabulary: impassive
Tutoring English, vocab is always important. The tutor mentions impassive. impassive: revealing no emotional response. I may’ve seen the word impassive more often in past decades than today. Yet, I observe impassivity in people more often now than then. Source: …
Vocabulary: execrable
Tutoring English, vocabulary is always interesting. The tutor mentions execrable. execrable: very poor quality: very difficult to endure because it’s so bad. Source: Mish, Frederick C. Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 2004. dictionary.cambridge.org
Vocabulary: ineluctable
Tutoring English, vocabulary is always interesting. The tutor mentions ineluctable. ineluctable: inescapable; unstoppable. eluctable may also be a word, but not everyone seems interested in saying so. Ineluctable is much easier to find. Source: wordsense.eu Mish, Frederick C. Merriam-Webster Dictionary. …
Vocabulary: withy
Tutoring English, vocabulary is always interesting. The tutor mentions withy. withy: a flexible twig or branch, perhaps useful for improvising crafts. Source: Mish, Frederick C. (editor). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 2004. collinsdictionary.com google search: withy
Vocabulary: maladroit
Tutoring English, vocabulary is always interesting. The tutor mentions maladroit. maladroit(adj) : not skilled; lacking finesse. (Maladroit is opposite of adroit.) Source: Mish, Frederick C. Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 2004.
Vocabulary, philosophy: anachronism
Tutoring English, vocabulary is always interesting. The tutor mentions anachronism. An anachronism is something (or someone) that’s in the wrong time period. If you have a movie set in 2004, but Jimmy Carter (in the movie) is President, that’s an …
Vocabulary: stevedore
Tutoring English, vocabulary is always interesting. The tutor mentions the word stevedore. stevedore: a person employed in moving cargo into or out from ships. Source: Mish, Frederick C. (editor). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 2004.
Vocabulary: tendentious
Tutoring English, vocabulary is always interesting. The tutor mentions tendentious. tendentious: indicating a point of view partial to one opinion; not objective. Some television shows are known for their tendentious coverage of news: viewers of one point of view might …