Words of the Week 1-32 (2024-25)

A short and amusing/interesting story about a real incident

• anecdote

• enigma

• queue

• fallacy

To examine or inspect closely and thoroughly

• emulate

• perpetuate

• expedite

• scrutinize

Angry or dissatisfied

• reprehensible

• notorious

• disgruntled

• parsimonious

Designed to attract notice and impress others

• esoteric

• ostentatious

• ephemeral

• indelible

To make something continue (usually an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief)

• embellish

• perpetuate

• concede

• expedite

Truthful and straightforward

• candid

• verbose

• indelible

• ostentatious

A huge failure; a fiasco; a catastrophe

• enigma

• fallacy

• debacle

• hiatus

To strongly disapprove of something

• concede

• obliterate

• scrutinize

• deplore

A line of people or vehicles waiting their turn; a stored list of data items

• bane

• queue

• hiatus

• serendipity

To admit that something is true after denying it; to admit defeat

• embellish

• expedite

• perpetuate

• concede