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.

Post by: Osaruyi Stephanie Aiseosa
Facebook: Stephanie Aiseosa Osaruyi
Instagram: stephanieonette_
Twitter: Osaruyi Stephanie Aiseosa

Comments

  1. pearly26 July 2019 at 02:11

    Perfect way to start the day.
    The illustrations were helpful
    Thank you stephanie

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

AUTOCARE: TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

-
Image
Transmission system Transmission System Transmission system is used in motor vehicles to supply the output of the internal combustion engine to the drive wheels. The transmission reduces the higher engine speed to the slower wheel speed, increasing torque in the process. Transmission system consist of Clutch assembly Gear box assembly (Transmission case assembly) Propeller shaft Clutch system The clutch assembly interrupts the power flow between the engine and the transmission when the vehicle is brought to a stop with the engine running. and when shifting gears. It is a mechanical device that transfers all power from the engine into the transmission of a vehicle. Without a properly operating clutch, power transfer and gear shifting would be very difficult. The clutch is located between the engine flywheel and the transmission Functions of Clutch (a) To disconnect the engine power from the gear box as required. (b) To allow the engine to take up load gradually without...
Finish Reading

TELL ME SOMETHING; AM A YOUNG & PREGNANT NIGERIAN GIRL SHOULD I ABORT??

-
Image
WADDUP FAM!!!!    Tell me something is a section of the blog is where we get to talk about different issues just the way they are. Here we tallk about everything from career, relationships, to african culture(homes), our different behaviours as humans, not minding our english or what other people think of our opinion, that's why its called an opinion right ?  So drop your comments and let's tell each other something!!!!    First up today is the topic abortion ghen ghen,  though i don't have my facts right and i don't anybody to attack me so am not going be calling particular numbers or percentages.  Alll of us if we want to be sincere with ourselves know that...
Finish Reading

The Sojourner's Diary: ALMA GEMELA(SOUL MATE)

-
Image
The Sojourner's Diary: ALMA GEMELA The Spanish word for soul mate stands for "alma gemela". You know, I've always wondered. It has always had me bothered. That question. Simple as it may sound, it is a question that has troubled my mind relentlessly. How many soul mates do we get in a lifetime?  Have you ever met someone and out of the blue, y'all connect and a bond is forged? You spend moments together and moments turn into hours, hours into days, days into weeks and weeks into months and months into years, years into more years, you get the picture. Everything is fine is the beginning and then the misunderstandings begin and then you start to see how different y'all really are and then your three hours of calls become three minutes of awkwardness with so many words in your minds but none of them said. You then start to wonder, "was this really my soulmate or did I get it all wrong?" Are we even meant to be together? Eventually, you start to let eac...
Finish Reading