Month 3- Word of the day 12
Sophomoric
means
immature
or
conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature
People often forget the ‘o’ in the middle, which can go unpronounced.
Sophomoric
means
immature
or
conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature
People often forget the ‘o’ in the middle, which can go unpronounced.
Furtive means sneaky I didn’t for one-second trust the suspect- he has a cruel and furtive look.
Today’s word Kerflooey means Informal: to cease functioning, especially suddenly and completely, fall apart. Pronunciation [ker-floo-ee] The word is formed from the slang “flooey” meaning “amiss or awry”.
Jocular means fooling around and wisecracking. The guy in accounting is so funny, we call him Count Jocular.
Motley means Many-coloured. The king’s fool cavorted about the place in a motley, patched-together outfit.
LAN means local area network a system for linking private telecommunications equipment, as in a building or cluster of buildings. a system for linking personal computers and workstations with each other in order to share data, devices, programs, etc.: usually confined to one office, building, or home.
Prevalent means widespread The tendency to misspell it as prevelant is indeed widespread.