WOTW #4: mendacious

Mendacious is an adjective which describes a noun. Its synomyms include:

deceitful;  deceptive;  erroneous;  false;  fake;  fraudulent;  insincere;  untrue;  wrong

Here are more examples of use:

  1. Mendacious people always hide the truth.

2. He is always straightforward and honest; He could not be mendacious even if he wanted to.

3. Mendacious news is an attempt to discriminate against people.

4. To achieve those lofty goals, their methods were often mendacious.

 

 

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WOTW #3: surfeit

 

Word of the week 2: Pellucid means clear and easy to understand

 

Surfeit describes a condition that is in excess of something; something too large in amount.

Examples:

  1. When we visit a Malaysian food court, there is a surfeit of choice.
  2. When there is a surfeit of farm produce, the price of vegetable falls.

During this pandemic, do you find you have a surfeit of anything? Tell us what it is.

 

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WOTW #2: pellucid

 

Word of the week 2: Pellucid means clear and easy to understand

 

Pellucid means clear and easy to understand.

Examples:

1. The instructions given were pellucid and everyone understood each party’s responsibilities.

2. When the Finance Minister broadcast his budget plan for the country, he revealed a pellucid plan that was clearly outlined.

 

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WOTW #1: Incommunicado

 

Incommunicado: without means of communication or without means of communication

 

Incommunicado describes someone who is not communicating with others, whether by choice or by something outside their control.

Examples:

1. The hurricane left much of the island incommunicado.

2. The lawyer will be incommunicado for the rest of the day because he wants to prepare for his case tomorrow.

3. The prisoner was held incommunicado for 2 weeks.

 

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Can you recommend a doctor to me?

Customer Service agent with headphones onHow to answer a question you cannot answer

Customer Service staff in medical centres are not allowed to recommend doctors to patients when they call in. Most medical centres have  this policy. So, what can they do when pushed for an answer?

I was at the Customer Services Counter at a medical centre last week. The lady had to multi-task — answering phone calls and entertaining walk-ins like me.

The phone lines were not busy and the Customer Service lobby was quiet. The agent signaled me to be seated right at her desk. She had just answered a call and  I could hear the phone conversation.  It went something like this:  Continue reading