One last example: Though it may be a mental workout to decide when to write the two words “work out” versus the single word, “workout,” you now have the tools necessary to work out the right answer every time.

The noun is impertinence (im-PUR-ti-nints), unmannerly speech or behavior, rudeness, arrogance, incivility: a teacher who would not tolerate impertinence. Convoluted comes from the Latin convol u tus, the past participle of the verb convolv e re, to roll together, roll round, intertwine, the source also of the unusual verb to convolve, to roll up, coil, twist, and the more familiar noun convolution, a winding, coil, twist or fold, as of something rolled upon itself: "It hath many convolutions, as worms lying together have," says the earliest citation for this word, from 1545, in the Oxford English Dictionary (hereafter the OED). Synonyms of grandiose include pretentious, highflown, ostentatious (AH-sten- TAY-shus), bombastic (bahm-BAS-tik), grandiloquent (gran-DIL-uh-kwint), and turgid (TUR-jid). Haphazard means selected or assembled at random or by chance, without any thought for arrangement. Diverse and miscellaneous both mean of mixed character, composed of different kinds of things, and usually do not imply judgment or taste in selection. Eclectic should always imply judgment and taste in selection, especially choosing the best from a variety of sources. An eclectic approach to philosophy or religion selects from them those ideas that seem best, while an eclectic diner will go to various restaurants, sampling a bit here and a bit there, looking for the best fare to be had. If you like wordsearch then you'll love this compilation of over 400 puzzles that can be played on screen or printed out. There's an added twist, as you have to solve crossword style clues to discover the word you need to find. You can even create your own themed wordsearch puzzles.

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Another definition of “work out” is: for things to be figured out, solved, developing, or resolved. Embark on an epic journey of word building to repair the wall section-by-section. Fast fingers and a love of words are needed to succeed in this game.

Meretricious comes from a Latin word meaning pertaining to prostitutes, and is used of someone or something superficially or deceptively attractive: meretricious eyes; meretricious decorations; a meretricious argument. Ex3a: I can’t quite work outhow I’m going to get this massive octopusthrough that tiny door, but maybe he’s squishy enough that I can fold him in half and push him through. Overly forward, taking undue liberties, acting or speaking too boldly, venturing beyond the limits of proper behavior or good sense.

Now let’s turn to the first of the features that will appear throughout Word Workout after each set of ten keyword discussions. The morning glory is a common plant known for its ability to support itself by twining around anything its vigorous tendrils can grasp. Like the morning glory, which twists and coils itself around things, that which is convoluted is so intricate and complex, so folded in upon itself, that it is difficult and sometimes impossible to unravel. A long, complex argument—or even a complicated sentence—is often described as convoluted. Mathematical equations and philosophical reasoning can be convoluted, and the regulations of the federal tax code are notoriously convoluted. The human body also has its well-known convolutions: the brain is a convoluted mass of gray and white matter, and if you were to unravel the convolutions of the small intestine it would stretch to more than twenty feet. Servile is the adjective. The noun is servility (sur-VIL-i-tee), submissive behavior, unquestioning obedience, or the condition of being a slave or servant. The adjective obsequious comes from the Latin obsĕqui, to comply with, yield to, obey. The obsequious person follows the wishes or bows to the will of another, and is always ready and willing to serve, please, or obey. I see you are obsequious in your love, wrote Shakespeare in The Merry Wives of Windsor. Moving to the other side of “work out or workout,” the phrase “work out” has several meanings, and is a phrasal verb of the word “work.” Here is each definition of “work out,” paired with example sentences to show correct usage.

Some people think the words may and might are interchangeable, but they are not. There is a subtle difference in the degree of probability they express. May poses a possibility; might adds a greater degree of uncertainty to the possibility," writes Theodore M. Bernstein in The Careful Writer. "This shade of difference appears in the following sentence: ‘Any broadcasting station that airs more commercials than the code allows may be fined, and in extreme cases its license might be taken away.'" A scruple may be a moral or ethical principle that motivates one to do the right thing: My scruples prevent me from supporting that ignoble cause. Or a scruple may be something that causes doubt or hesitation about the proper course of action, often something overrefined that others would disregard: a vain scruple that springs from a flight of the imagination rather than from sound reason.To rant comes from an obsolete Dutch word meaning to talk foolishly, rave. In the early 1600s Shakespeare and Ben Jonson used rant to mean to speak or declaim in an extravagant or melodramatic manner, and the word has since often been applied to actors or orators who delivered grandiose speeches. Though this sense is still in good standing, by the mid-1600s the now-familiar expression to rant and rave had appeared in print, and rant by itself was more often used to mean to talk in a wild, furious, or delirious manner. By the early 20th century rant had also come to be used to mean to engage in a long, vehement, and often furious speech. The noun rant is a lengthy and intemperate expression of outrage, dissatisfaction, or disgust. ( Intemperate is word 22 of Level 3.) The words compliment, flattery, and adulation all suggest admiration, but in different ways. A compliment is courteous praise; it may be personal and heartfelt or dignified and formal, but it is never exaggerated or insincere. Flattery is artful and sometimes hypocritical praise designed to appeal to someone’s vanity. Adulation is excessive praise, flattery taken to an undignified or shamelessly servile extreme. Ex2c: The schedule tomorrow works outperfectly for you to have time to hit the gym and get a workout in before dinner. From this sense of presume comes the adjective presumptuous, overly forward, unduly confident or bold. When you are presumptuous you go beyond what is considered appropriate or proper, or you take it upon yourself to do or say something without permission or authority. A presumptuous person takes undue liberties with others, such as bossing them around or making unwanted amorous advances. Presumptuous speech is overly bold or arrogant. Presumptuous logic is overly confident in its rightness and arrogantly ignores the flaws in its reasoning.