Ebullient. Cheerful and full of energy, bubbling over with.
The word itself comes from a Latin verb meaning to boil over. Fitting.
Have you heard of this word before?
How have you used it?
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Same lecture, same suffering. One word captures the feeling perfectly.
Interminable means lasting for a very long time, or seeming to continue without end. It often carries an additional implication that the duration is tedious, tiresome or frustrating.
Have you heard of it before?
This the whole idea behind expanding your vocabulary.
Not bigger words for their own sake. Words you would actually reach for.
Comment your own before and after with a word you’ve learned recently.
Same idea, one word instead of three, and it sounds like you meant to say it that way.
Save this one for later.
Keep in mind!
That while these mean the same thing on paper, how you use them depends heavily on context.
"Impossible to satisfy" works broadly for standard expectations, moods, or general standards. On the other hand, describing a person directly as "insatiable" often implies a physical or biological craving. To use "insatiable" broadly without that implication, it usually needs to be paired with a specific noun (like an insatiable curiosity or insatiable demand).
From musculus. A flexing bicep was thought to look like a small mouse moving under the skin.
Pique. A flash of irritation or resentment when your pride has been slighted.
It usually shows up as “in a fit of pique,” which might be the most dramatic possible way to describe being a little offended.
Comment the smallest thing that has ever piqued you.
One is almost always the verb. The other is almost always the noun.
Almost is doing a lot of work in that sentence.
No spoilers here. Guess below, we will settle it later today.
Comment which one goes with “to influence” and which one goes with “the result.”
Sanguine. Optimistic and positive, especially in a situation that seems bad or difficult.
Not naive. Just built differently under pressure.
Try comment a sentence using sanguine!
Same criticism, same sting, one sentence sounds like you have felt exactly this before.
This is the whole idea behind expanding your vocabulary.
Not bigger words for their own sake, words you would actually reach for.
Comment your own before and after with a word you learned recently.
Obsequious means excessively eager to please or obey, fawning to the point of servility.
It is not a compliment.
It describes someone laying it on thick, usually toward someone with more power than them.
Save this one, you will recognise the behaviour immediately.
Harmless, contagious, deliberate, or obvious.
One of these actually fits.
Drop your answer below. Reveal tonight.
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From sarkazein, to tear the flesh, from sarx, flesh. The Greeks heard a cutting remark as something closer to a bite.
Fitting, honestly.
Save this for the next person who says sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.
Compunction.
A pang of conscience, the scruple that stops you acting, or the guilt that follows.
It shows up most often as no compunction about, or without compunction, which says a lot about how often
people override it.
Comment a moment you felt compunction about something small.
There is a word for the person who will not budge, no matter how good your argument is.
Obdurate.
Stubbornly refusing to change an opinion or course of action, unmoved by persuasion.
Everyone has at least one obdurate person in their life. You know who yours is.
There is a word for the person who checks it twice, then checks it again.
Assiduous.
Showing great care, attention, and effort. Diligent and persistent, even when nobody is watching.
If you have ever redone something because it was not quite right yet, this one is for you.