Q 2 Week 2

Gladiator Word of the Day

November 9 –November 13, 2009

Colloquial Colloquial

(kuh low kwee ul )

Pertaining to conversational or common speech Picture this: call oak we all

Colloquial speech helps the members of a group

of people to indentify themselves as a different from others. Colloquial words and expressions should not be used in formal English. “OK” is an American colloquial expression that is used around the world.

Complacency Complacency

(kum play sen see )

Self-satisfaction, smugness Picture this: come place cents he  Complacency among employees is a problem sometimes faced

by managers of successful companies.  Some experts believe that Japanese industry became complacent after its great success in the 1980s.  Health workers urged parents to guard against complacency and make sure that their children are immunized against measles and other infectious diseases. 

Comprehensive Comprehensive

(kom prih hen siv )

Thorough, inclusive

Picture this: com pre-hens

The new U.S president ordered a comprehensive

review of the armed forces. A good dictionary must have a comprehensive list of the words used in a language. Every ten years a comprehensive census is conducted by the U.S government.

Coalesce Coalesce

(koh uh les )

Combine, fuse Picture this: Coal-less

To work together successfully, military units must

coalesce to become a group of like – minded individuals. The untied began to coalesce as nation during the early nineteenth century as the experiences of may groups were communicated around the country. Our business plan began to coalesce inour minds