VOCABULARY BUILDING WITH STEPHANIE

Hey TTB followers and welcome to Vocabulary Building with ME(Stephanie).

Here we explore words from weird,  to archaic, to long and short, simple and complex, to even slang words. 

This week and for the next few weeks, we'll be delving into new words or new additions to the dictionary.

WORDS OF THE WEEK
Humblebrag: make a seemingly modest, self-critical, or casual statement or reference.
Example sentence
People make themselves look smart,
humblebragging about reading what's billed as one of the 20th century's most difficult books.

Hyperconnected: characterised by the habitual and widespread use of the internet.
Example sentences
In the hyperconnected world, many my coworkers work from home.

Hypermiling: altering a car to maximize its fuel economy
Example sentences
It's possible to improve fuel economy by 37 percent just by changing the way you drive, so hypermiling is gaining interest in light of high fuel costs.

Illiterati: people who are not well educated or well informed about a particular subject or sphere of activity.
Example sentences
If someone insists that Superman is his neighbor, don't argue any more with such scientific
illiterati .

Kadult: person who is technically an adult due to age but still acts like a child.
Example sentences
You could say my 25 year old brother is a kadult .

Listicle: an article consisting of a series of items presented as a list.
Example sentences
I like these listicle s called things like "10 SAT Vocabularies You Should Know".

Locavore: a person whose diet consists only or principally of locally grown or produced food.
Example sentences
He dislikes any ideals mattered with internationalization simply because he is a locavore .

Lookbook: a set of photographs of a fashion designer's new collection, assembled for marketing purposes
Example sentences
I saw your lookbook for this autumn; everything looks beautiful!

Just come around next week and learn some more.

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