Shibboleth 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 4 Shibboleth 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 4 /ˈʃɪb.əl.eθ/ (noun) catchword or slogan, byword, catchphrase, watchword, common saying or belief distinguishing classes of people, set of beliefs or principles A shibboleth is any custom or tradition, usually a choice of phrasing or even a single…
Blind Alley 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 3 Blind Alley 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 3 a situation or method that leads nowhere or produces no results, cul-de-sac, fruitless or mistaken course or direction, unproductive undertaking, closed-off passage, dead end, impasse, stagnation The confidence pacts are an attempt to make more…
Spate 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 3 Spate 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 3 /speɪt/ (noun) a countless number of unpleasant events happening simultaneously, large quantity, vast array, series, succession, cluster, run, outbreak, epidemic, string, a sudden flood in a river, rush, torrent, outburst Spate of new research supports wearing masks…
Proffer 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 3 Proffer 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 3 /ˈprɒf.əʳ/ (verb) To hold something out for acceptance, offer something by holding it out, tender, submit, extend, put forward, volunteer, propose, suggest, give Participants in her study were business school students who were asked to make financial…