ELL HubMuriel Wilkins
Muriel Wilkins
Episode 240
Vocabulary
caveat (verb)
- Definition:
- to add a small warning or extra explanation to what you say
- Example from the episode:
- “But, you know, let me caveat that by saying I think beliefs are very unique to the individual.”
- Example sentence:
- “I caveat my idea with a short warning.”
dissonance (noun)
- Definition:
- a feeling of disagreement or conflict between ideas or actions
- Example from the episode:
- “So with uncover, it's number one, understanding that there might be dissonance between the way that what you want to achieve and what you're actually achieving, right?”
- Example sentence:
- “There is dissonance between his words and actions.”
doable (adjective)
- Definition:
- possible to do or finish
- Example from the episode:
- “What is within my capabilities? Or my team's capabilities or the organization's capabilities and what is the time limit that I have, and then what's doable within that timeframe?”
- Example sentence:
- “The project is doable in one week.”
prone to (idiom)
- Definition:
- likely to do something or to have something happen
- Example from the episode:
- “I, myself is somebody who, for most of my life, have been very prone to take action as quickly as I can.”
- Example sentence:
- “He is prone to eat his lunch.”