Words of the Day

1. pro‧sa‧ic / prəʊˈzeɪ-ɪk, prə- $ proʊ-, prə- / adjective

boring or ordinary :
a prosaic writing style
The reality, however, is probably more prosaic.
— prosaically / -kli / adverb

2. pro‧rate / prəʊˈreɪt $ proʊ- / verb [ transitive usually passive ]

American English to calculate a charge, price etc according to the actual
amount of service received rather than by a standard sum

3. Debonair = urbane = someone who is confident and fashionable

4. Futile efforts = ineffectual / pointless efforts
5. Facile answer = glib answer= not a serious one (=easily said without thinking) ‫ سطحي‬- ‫هين‬
6. Quack = charlatan = sb pretending to be a doctor or to be sb skilled
char‧la‧tan / ˈʃɑːlət ə n $ ˈʃɑːr- / noun [ countable ] literary
someone who pretends to have special skills or knowledge – used to show disapproval
7. Stratagem = scheme
strat‧a‧gem / ˈstrætədʒəm / noun [ countable ]
formal a trick or plan to deceive an enemy or gain an advantage SYN ploy‫حيلة‬

He looked charming & debonair, but he was a quack full of stratagems. I asked him a serious
question that he answered, but I was not convinced by his glib answers/explanations. So, it
was futile to continue the negotiations.