Hackneyed

"Another hackneyed word; like factor"...

hackneyed:
adjective
(of a phrase or idea) lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite : hackneyed old sayings.

Perfunctory

Reading the "Elements of style" I found the following sentence "... perfunctory expression ..."

Perfunctory

adjective
(of an action or gesture) carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection : he gave a perfunctory nod.

Words often misspelled

Reading "The elements of style", I found this word in the list of the words misspelled siege (How can I misspell a word that I dont know?! then:

siege:
a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside : Verdun

Sojourn

When I read this term by context I relate this word with a trip, but I decided to look for the meaning

sojourn |ˈsōjərn| formal
noun
a temporary stay : her sojourn in Rome.
verb [ intrans. ]
stay somewhere temporarily : she had sojourned once in Egypt.

Kudos

A fwe days ago, I recived an email with a link to problems of stochastic processes, ant the end of the problems I read the following:

"Kudos to you if you find the correct solutions!"

But what is "kudos"???!!!

Kudos: praise and honor received for an achievement.

ORIGIN late 18th cent.: Greek.

USAGE Kudos comes from Greek and means ‘glory.’ Despite appearances, it is not a plural form. This means that there is no singular form kudo and that use as a plural, as in the following sentence, is incorrect: : he received many kudos for his work (correct use is : he received much kudos for his work).

The news

Today I was reading the headlines of new york times, I read Turning East, Turkey Asserts New Economic Power and found this words:

entrepreneurial: this is a adjective of entrepreneur that is a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so.

aging: The process of growing old or maturing | An artificial process for imparting the characteristics and properties of age.

debt-weary: debt is money borrowed and weary is Physically or mentally fatigued |Expressive of or prompted by fatigue |
Having one's interest, forbearance, or indulgence worn out |Causing fatigue.

eke: manage to support oneself or make a living with difficulty.

Subtlety

reading the same article that I refer in the previous entry, I found the following "...involves an important subtlety", is the first time that I see the word subtlely, that means: the quality or state of being subtle, and subtle is so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe.