versatile

Meaning

fickle, changeable, inconstant

Example

A fickle public opinion makes any electoral calculation risky.

More words at level C1

• âpre harsh, bitter, fierce
• ébaucher to sketch out, to outline, to rough out
• éluder to evade, to sidestep, to dodge
• épars scattered, sparse, disparate
• éphémère ephemeral, short-lived, fleeting
• étayer to back up, to substantiate, to support
• abroger to repeal, to abrogate
• abscons abstruse, obscure, arcane

How to learn a word, not just look it up

• How spaced repetition works

  Memory lets a word go along a curve. Spaced repetition puts the next review just before the word slips, so every repeat buys more time than the one before it.

• Learning Lithuanian as an English speaker

  Seven cases, no shared vocabulary and a stress mark nobody writes down. What is genuinely hard about Lithuanian for an English speaker, what is easier than advertised, and the order that works.