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Discovering Vocabulary: Week 15 Vocabulary Building Techniques

This week, we delve into an array of intriguing vocabulary words that enhance your communication skills. From "acme," representing the pinnacle of success, to "haggard," which describes a worn and tired appearance, each term reveals nuances that can bring depth to your language. Explore words like "belittle," "convey," "doctrine," "excise," "exotic," "jaunty," and "juncture," and understand their meanings and contexts. Expand your vocabulary repertoire with these engaging terms to better express yourself in various situations.

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Discovering Vocabulary: Week 15 Vocabulary Building Techniques

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  1. Vocabulary Week 15 Campagna

  2. acme • A perfect game is the acme of any pitcher’s career in baseball.

  3. acme • N. the highest point

  4. attribute • The attribute I most admire in you is your willingness to give everyone’s opinions a fair hearing • The doctor attributed my runny nose and itchy eyes to multiple allergies

  5. attribute • N. a quality or characteristic of someone or something • V. to assign to, credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from

  6. belittle • Candidates for public office may resort to negative ads that belittle their opponents’ records.

  7. belittle • V. to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value

  8. convey • Please convey our best wishes to your parents on their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.

  9. convey • V. to transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to

  10. doctrine • No two religions see eye to eye on every fine detail of doctrine.

  11. doctrine • N. a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles;

  12. excise • If you excise that irrelevant remark, you will improve your essay.

  13. excise • V. to remove by cutting

  14. exotic • A recipe may call for exotic herbs and spices that are difficult to obtain.

  15. exotic • Adj. foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual

  16. haggard • The haggard refugees were given food, clothing, and temporary shelter.

  17. haggard • Adj. thin, pale, and sickly as a result of worry or suffering

  18. jaunty • I bought a jaunty straw hat

  19. jaunty • Adj. lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance

  20. juncture • Our property ends at the juncture of the two stone walls.

  21. juncture • N. joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time

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