⛰️ Insurmountable: Too Great to Overcome
Next up: What does INSURMOUNTABLE mean? A) impossible to overcome; B) immeasurable; C) incomprehensible; D) unavoidable. Test yourself, then check inside. 👉
This week, every issue will end with a short quiz on the previous five words.
Five questions, multiple choice, answer key at the bottom. It should take you about a minute.
Doing this every day will absolutely improve retention.
📚️ Definition of Insurmountable
Insurmountable (adjective): not able to be surmounted, overcome, or solved: faced insurmountable obstacles to finding employment.
🗣️ Pronunciation of Insurmountable
IPA: ˌɪn.sərˈmaʊn.tə.bəl (See IPA key)
Phonetic: in-ser-MOUN-tuh-bul
📰 Examples of Insurmountable
Here are some examples of the word INSURMOUNTABLE:
Lucky for us, I don’t think these challenges will be insurmountable.
At one point, Gina never dreamed of finishing college; the barriers to affording tuition, rent, and living expenses while earning $7.25/hour seemed insurmountable.
For anything inside a black hole, the event horizon is an insurmountable barrier to escape.
🗣️ Common Collocations of Insurmountable
A collocation is a group of words often found together in usage, for example figment of one’s imagination, extenuating circumstances, or inclement weather.
insurmountable obstacle
insurmountable odds
seem insurmountable
almost insurmountable
Quiz answer: A.
Pop quiz
Do you remember the last five words we learned? One question each — answer key at the bottom of this email.
1. UNDERSCORE most nearly means
(A) tout
(B) obscure
(C) emphasize
(D) diminish
2. CONSENSUS most nearly means
(A) compromise
(B) intuition
(C) dissension
(D) agreement
3. AESTHETIC most nearly means
(A) ethical
(B) ascetic
(C) artistic
(D) pragmatic
4. FALLIBLE most nearly means
(A) imperfect
(B) gullible
(C) deceptive
(D) suspicious
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Last-5 quiz answers: 1) C — underscore 2) D — consensus 3) C — aesthetic 4) A — fallible