📣 Extol: You're Simply The Best
EXTOL most nearly means: A) berate; B) bewilder; C) bolster; D) laud. Answer inside. 👉️
If you extol something, you say how great it is. Note that in modern English, we’re more likely to extol the qualities of a movie rather than the movie itself.
📚️ Definition of Extol
Extol (verb): To praise enthusiastically and at length; to glorify or laud someone or something. Example: to extol the virtues of daily cardio.
🗣️ Pronunciation of Extol
IPA: /ɪkˈstoʊl/ (See IPA key)
Phonetic: ik-STOHL
📰 Examples of Extol
Here are some examples of the word extol:
After a year of exercising five days a week and including strength training, cardio exericse, and stretching, my uncle Tito now extols the virtues of physical activity and discipline to anyone within earshot.
Herbie Hancock has been widely extolled by music critics for having reshaped jazz, funk, and electronic music for more than 60 years.
We tend to extol the past while remaining indifferent to the present.
🗣️ Common Collocations of Extol
A collocation is a group of words often found together in usage, for example figment of one’s imagination, extenuating circumstances, or inclement weather.
extol the virtues of
extol the benefits of
extol the merits of
widely extolled
extol someone’s achievements
Quiz answer: D, laud.
'mordant' is the intended answer. Majority is correct here.