ברוכים הבאים למילת היום!
בעמוד הטוויטר של וול סטריט תוכלו למצוא כל יום מילה חדשה באנגלית עם הפירוש שלה ודוגמה לשימוש במילה במשפט. אם פספסתם את המילים שפורסמו בטוויטר, או שאתם רוצים למצוא את כל המילים שפורסמו החודש בצורה מרוכזת – אתם מוזמנים להיכנס לכאן ולהתעדכן בכל מילות החודש.
אז איזה מילים יכתבו בדצבר? ניתן למצוא בטבלה מתחת או להרשם לטוויטר שלנו.
להצטרפות למילת היום בטוויטר של וול סטריט לחצו כאן.
| Date | Word | Part of Speech |
Meaning | Example | |
| 3 – December | propagate | v. | to multiply, to spread out | I took some cuttings from his rose bush to propagate in my own garden. | |
| 4 – December | reconcile | v. | to make things consistent with each | I can’t reconcile your account of what happened with what all the other people told me. | |
| 5 – December | trepidation | n. | great fear, anxiety | Knowing how angry he was, Anna approached John with great trepidation. | |
| 6 – December | disclose | v. | to reveal, make public | This information is highly confidential, and should not be disclosed to the media. | |
| 9 – December | ingenuous | adj. | not hiding anything; innocent like a child | It was rather ingenuous of you to suggest that the boss should cut his own salary to help deal with the company’s problems. | |
| 10 – December | omnipotent | adj. | all-powerful (usually referring to God) | We’re not omnipotent; we can’t be expected to solve all the company’s problems overnight! | |
| 11 – December | relegate | v. | to transfer to an lower place or rank | After losing their last five matches, the team were relegated to the Third Division. | |
| 12 – December | diffident | adj. | cautious, timid | Despite her fame and success, Mary is surprisingly diffident with large groups of people. | |
| 13 – December | cumulative | adj. | increasing, building upon itself | The cumulative effect of listening to this awful music is deep depression. | |
| 16 – December | sensual | adj, | giving or enjoying pleasure, usually sexual | She’s a very sensual person, and extremely attractive to men. | |
| 17 – December | vex |
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to confuse, to annoy | It’s very vexing, how that waiter keeps asking us if we’re enjoying our meals. | |
| 18 – December | ironic(al) |
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strange or contradictory, in an amusing way | It’s ironical that someone who’s always talking about the importance of marriage should end up in a very unpleasant divorce. | |
| 19 – December | wane | v. | to decrease in size, to become smaller | Her influence over the president is waning; I don’t think he listens to her much these days. | |
| 20 – December | diligent | adj. | showing care in doing one’s work | The diligent scientist checked her measurements multiple times. | |
| 23 – December | stoical | adj. | unemotional, able to deal with difficulties and suffering | Her stoical response to her husband’s death also helped the children to deal with it. | |
| 24 – December | respite | n. | a break, a rest | We spend a day by the sea by way of a brief respite from the stress of work. | |
| 25 – December | recalcitrant | adj. | refusing to change one’s behavior to listen to criticism | Despite the government’s offers to negotiate, the rebels remained recalcitrant. | |
| 26 – December | nurture | v. | to help something or someone to grow or develop | Our college’s mission is to nurture the talent of young artists and musicians. | |
| 27 – December | ostentatious | adj. | showing great wealth in a tasteless or annoying way | His ostentatious display of wealth is offensive in a city where many people are so poor. | |
| 30 – December | adverse | adj. | unfavorable, dangerous | Because of the adverse weather conditions, we gave up trying to climb the mountain. | |
| 31 – December | pungent | adj. | pointed, sharp (usually referring to smells) | This plant has a characteristic pungent odor which many people find unpleasant. |
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