Get smart with me! You’ll hear each word clearly defined, explained in real-life context, and used in practical example sentences so the meanings have a better chance of sticking.

These are words you may hear in workplace conversations, research, writing, media, history, decision-making, and everyday communication when people are trying to separate what matters from what is vague, exaggerated, or unclear.

Today’s words:

Cursory: quick, shallow, or not very detailed.

Salient: most important, noticeable, or relevant.

Pragmatic: practical and focused on what actually works.

Apocryphal: widely repeated, but probably not true or not reliably proven.

Obfuscate: to make something unclear or harder to understand.

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In this episode of Syllabrew, we break down five useful vocabulary words that can help you speak, write, and understand language with more precision: ostensibly, corroborate, ubiquitous, mitigate, and equivocate.

You’ll hear each word clearly defined, explained in real-life context, and used in practical example sentences so the meanings have a better chance of sticking. These are words you may hear in journalism, workplace conversations, legal discussions, research, politics, and everyday communication when people are trying to describe what is really happening beneath the surface.

Today’s words:

Ostensibly: apparently or supposedly, especially when there may be more going on underneath.

Corroborate: to support a claim with additional evidence.

Ubiquitous: appearing everywhere, or seeming to be everywhere.

Mitigate: to make something less severe, harmful, or intense.

Equivocate: to avoid giving a clear or direct answer.

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Get smart with me! In the first episode of Syllabrew, we learn five useful vocabulary words: lucid, dubious, circumnavigate, perfunctory, and incongruous.

These are words you may hear in books, articles, conversations, workplace situations, or anywhere people are trying to be a little more precise with language. Listen for the meanings, examples, and a final review sentence using all five words together.

Today’s spellings:

Lucid
Dubious
Circumnavigate
Perfunctory
Incongruous

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