Onerous means imposing or constituting a burden, troublesome.
“Keith was given the onerous task of telling the regional manager that he was fired.”
Word of the Week: Repudiate
Repudiate means to refuse to have anything to do with, divorce, disown, reject as untrue or unjust.
“Keith repudiated the findings of the HR director that he was not a strong leader.”
How to Catch Mistakes
Even the best writers make mistakes. It’s part of the writing process. To discover your errors, read everything you write out loud. You will “hear” the mistakes. And read everything you write from your audience’s point of view; this is often difficult to do (because it’s hard to gauge what your audience knows and doesn’t know about your topic), but practice makes perfect.
Word of the Week: Coalesce
Coalesce means to grow together, unite into a whole, join forces.
“Keith hoped his new team would coalesce around the goal of providing superior support to their biggest customer.”
Word of the Week: Deprecate
Deprecate means to express disapproval of something.
For example, “Because no one on the sales team reached their goals, Keith deprecated their efforts in his quarterly report.”
Word of the Week: Perfunctory
Perfunctory means characterized by routine: mechanical; lacking interest or enthusiasm.
For example, “The CEO felt that Keith’s response to the sales rally was perfunctory and, therefore, that he wasn’t a team player.”