Verb – Telecommute (no object) to work at home by using a computer connection to a company’s main office The company now allows some of its employees to telecommute.
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Verb > Enliven
Verb > Perforate
Verb > Mollify
Verb – Mollify This word has Latin roots that mean “to make soft.” We hardly ever use the literal sense of this word: “to make soft,” as in “to mollify rough hair.” Here’s Sylvia Plath: “Water mollifies the flint lip, Read More …
Verb > Tousle
Verb > Instill
Verb – Instill This word has Latin roots that mean “to drop in.” Literally speaking, to instill something is to put it in one drop at a time. “Instill two drops of this medicine into each eye.” And figuratively speaking, Read More …
Verb > Blaze
Verb – Blaze (no object) 1 : to burn very brightly and intensely A fire blazed in the stove. 2 a : to shine very brightly The sun blazed down on us. 2 b : to be extremely bright or Read More …
Verb > Fabricate
Here’s one of those basic verbs we all know, one that could be put to good use more often. “Fabric” and “fabricate” trace back to a Latin word meaning “artisan: person who creates things out of materials.” To fabricate things Read More …
Verb > Excoriate
Verb – Excoriate This word has Latin roots that mean “to strip off the hide or skin.” To excoriate people and things literally is to strip off their skin. And to excoriate people and things figuratively is to talk so Read More …
Verb > Clamber
Verb – Clamber This word probably comes from “climb,” in the same way that “chatter” comes from “chat” and “glimmer” comes from “gleam.” To clamber, literally, is to climb in an awkward, effortful way, often with hands and feet. And Read More …