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Gladiator Word of the Day

November 9 –November 13, 2009

Colloquial  Colloquial C ll i l

(kuh (k h low kwee ul ) l  k   l )

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  “OK” i    A i   ll i l  i   h  i   d  around the world.  

Complacency  Complacency C l

(kum play sen see ) (k l      )

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  S   t  b li  th t J  i d t  b   l t  ft  it   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  h h h ld d l d h f diseases. 

Comprehensive  Comprehensive C h i

(kom prih hen siv ) (k ih h   i  )

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 C l

(koh (k h uh les ) h l  )

Combine, fuse Picture this:  Coal‐less

 To work together successfully, military units must coalesce T   k  h   f ll   ili   i     l

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 O  b i   l  b     l i inour minds after    i d  f   several discussions 

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