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 ינואר? ניתן למצוא בטבלה מתחת או להרשם לטוויטר שלנו.
להצטרפות למילת היום בטוויטר של וול סטריט לחצו כאן.
| Date | Word | Part of Speech |
Meaning | Example | |
| 1 – January | salient | adj. | significant, noticeable | The most salient difference between Alison and Nancy is that Alison is 20 cm taller. | |
| 2 – January | noxious | adj. | harmful, dangerous, poisonous | The cheap stoves used by many of the city’s poor give out noxious fumes that can endanger the owners’ health. | |
| 3 – January | salutation | n. | a greeting | The captains of sailing ships used to greet sailors with the salutation “Ahoy ahoy.” | |
| 6 – January | polemical | adj. | very aggressively arguing against something | She becomes very polemical when anyone says something in defense of the government. | |
| 7 – January | capitulate | v. | to surrender | The army finally capitulated after fighting a long, losing battle. | |
| 8 – January | placid | adj. | calm, peaceful | He’s normally very placid; I’ve never seen him show any anger. | |
| 9 – January | obfuscate | v. | to make something difficult or impossible to understand | Rather than clarifying the government’s policy, the Prime Minister’s speech merely obfuscated it. | |
| 10 – January | sanctimonious | adj. | falsely appearing honest and virtuous | You would never guess from Bertrand’s sanctimonious comments on marriage that he has several girlfriends that his wife knows nothing of. | |
| 13 – January | rebut | v. | to deny, to argue against | I totally rebut your accusations; I’m entirely innocent. | |
| 14 – January | feature | n. | a useful or important characteristic | This phone has a number of features that make it particularly suitable for older customers. | |
| 15 – January | frugal |
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careful with money, economical | Richard is so frugal that he uses his teabags three times before throwing them away. | |
| 16 – January | oblique |
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not following a straight line or course, not straightforward | His approach tends to be rather oblique, but he usually gets there in the end. | |
| 17 – January | fortuitous | adj. | happening by chance, often lucky or fortunate | As I’d left my umbrella at home, it was highly fortuitous that John offered me a ride home in his car. | |
| 20 – January | implement | v. | to put into effect, to institute | The company is going to implement a plan to reduce unnecessary expense. | |
| 21 – January | indigenous | adj. | originating in a region or country | These plants are not indigenous to this area, and they may kill off the native vegetation. | |
| 22 – January | scrupulous | adj. | paying close attention to details, very careful | I’m always extremely scrupulous with things that my friends lend me. | |
| 23 – January | nuance | n. | a small but important detail in meaning or expression | Many of the nuances in this poem will not obvious to readers who aren’t familiar with the places that the author describes. | |
| 24 – January | virtuoso | n. | a highly skilled musical performer | Most virtuoso pianists started playing at a very early age. | |
| 27 – January | notorious | adj. | widely known, in an unfavorable way | Jacob was notorious for always arriving late at parties. | |
| 28 – January | allege | v. | to assert, usually without proof | The police alleged that Marshall committed the crime, but the investigation produced no evidence. | |
| 29 – January | sublime | adj. | grand, arousing high and noble feelings | Mozart’s music is truly sublime; it always brings tears to my eyes. | |
| 30 – January | truculent | adj. | ready to fight, aggressive | Martin’s truculent attitude made his guests feel very uncomfortable. | |
| 31 – January | prescient | adj. | knowing or predicting what will happen | The comments you made a year ago about a future economic crisis turned out to be very prescient. |
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