PROFICIENT WORDS (WORDS # 34)

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PALATABLE

Adjective – Tasting good enough to eat or drink; acceptable

The meal they provided was barely palatable

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PARADIGM

Noun (countable, formal) -  A set of ideas that are used for understanding or explaining something; a typical example or model of something

The West used to be the paradigm of economic success

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PENCHANT

Noun – a feeling of liking something very much, or a tendency to do something a lot

He has a penchant for blonde women

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PLAUSIBLE

Adjective – Likely to be true; a person who is plausible seems to be honest and sincere

A bomb was the only plausible explanation for the explosion

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MY COMMENTS ON THESE WORDS

Here we are again, with another interesting collection of words! A couple of them are relatively easy, others   not so much.

“Palatable” is quite well known, I think, it has to do with our palate, which is a way of describing the roof of our mouths. That’s where we taste the things we eat. So something is palatable when our palate thinks it’s nice.  It is not a formal word; it’s a “use every day” word!

“Paradigm” can be considered formal and not so formal. When used in academic circles, I think it is considered to have a rather “deep” meaning. But it’s also used in normal, everyday language, as we can see in the example above.

“Penchant” is a relatively current word, there is a synonym which I think would be even more complex, you could say “predilection”, but that would probably just make matters worse. So, “penchant” it is! The example is quite clear, I think. 

“Plausible” is the simplest of this list, I think. It is used frequently in everyday life, and should be quite well known to everybody! Something that is “plausible” is something that can be believed. When we have missed out on some task, we always try to find a “plausible excuse” for our behavior. 

Scientists need to look for plausible explanations when confronted with unknown happenings or processes. So yes, the word is used frequently!

The good news for Spanish speakers is that the words paladar, paradigma and plausible all exist, sound similar and mean the same. There is a small problem with paladar, this refers to the palate, but the adjective “palatable” translates as sabroso.  Still, these similarities should be a help.

So study your words, and I’ll see you on the next post!

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