Month: March 2020

Epithet 1100 Words You Need Epithet 1100 Words You Need /ˈep.ɪ.θet/ (noun) descriptive word or label added to someone’s name to insult or praise them, adjective, appellation, nickname, description, label, handle: A girl’s name is Marilynn, but her parents call her Lynn. Her sister calls her Mary. And her friends call her Merry-go-round when she’s…

Asperity 1100 Words You Need Asperity 1100 Words You Need /əˈsper.ɪ.ti/ (noun) the state of being severe and harsh in the way you speak or behave, harshness and severity in manner and tone, toughness, sharpness, brusqueness, sternness, astringency, stringency: In his Preface he says: ‘If the asperity of the notes and criticisms of my adversaries…

Nomadic 1100 Words You Need Nomadic 1100 Words You Need /nəʊˈmæd.ɪk/ not living in one place and traveling all the time, itinerant, traveling, roaming, wandering, roving, drifting: It’s hard to put my childhood into a word. I guess I could call it “nomadic”- constantly moving around to a different area where the better opportunities were…