Tag: Words

Temerity is the possession of boldness and confidence – quite the opposite of Timorous. It sounds like a positive attribute but can so easily made negative with a statement like: “You have the temerity to come round here and ask me a question like that?! Learn a new word every day. Repeat it and remind…

Timorous means to show nervousness or lack of confidence, most famously used in Rabbi Burns’ famous poem, to a mouse – ‘Wee Sleekit, couring, timorous beastie’ I chose the word because I heard it used in place of temerity, which means something quite different. Have temerity and wait till tommorrow to find exactly what! Learn…

I overheard this word on the telly. I didn’t know what the programme was about, but I liked the sound of the word, so I looked it up. Pullulate means to breed or spread so much that one becomes extremely common! This sounds appalling, but I don’t think it means that you go down the…