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2 weeks ago
haha i now get words of the day sent to my e-mail and phone.
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How to increase my vocabulary
It made me
Articulate
 "I find myself using a wider variety of words, and able to articulate myself much better."
How I did it: I would underline words I didn't know, or knew, but couldn't properly describe, I would then look them up in the dictionary or thesaurus. I have also started reading more.
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HelloDeer things are changing.
It made me
feel intelligent.
How I did it: Subscribed to http://www.wordofthedayblog.com/I used the words as much as i could, but make sure you know the meaning, because there is nothing worse than being asked what it means and not being able to explain. Read how I did it…
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3 weeks ago
If you go to dictionary.com you can sign up for a ‘word of the day’ to be sent to your e-mail.
they send you really good words.
the trick is remembering them all.
honestly, the only one I’ve remembered is the first one I got.
that was over a year ago.
it was hobbledehoy: a geeky boy.
so, I’m not doing so well.
whenever I run into a word I don’t know, I always look it up, which is helpful.
I tend to remember those.
Anyway, I hope you are doing better than me!
dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday
1 month ago
Lucubration- the act of studying by candlelight; nocturnal study;
meditation.
MaidMirawyn is trying to enjoy the rain.
I love learning new words!
3 months ago
It may sound incredibly nerdy, but I really love learning new words. I even made an icon for a Facebook app that reads, “I have an extensive vocabulary, and I’m not afraid to use it!”
I use a Mac, so I have the “Word of the Day” widget on my computer. I love it. I can almost always find a word on one of the six or so word-a-day sites it uses, so it’s fun.
Yahoo! Education is the worst, though. It’s supposedly aimed at college and grad school students, but I think the average high school student should be at least a little familiar with nearly every word they choose.
Today’s word of choice is from Wordsmith.org: cacography.
That’s “bad handwriting” or “incorrect spelling,” which I am subjected to every day. At least now I have an impressive-sounding word for it.
sometimes
8 months ago
sometimes, the people i’m around make me feel dumb. i understand that many people excel in one or the other sort of thing and my thing is animals. i don’t know much about the law, or about politics, or about history… so maybe if i use bigger words, sometimes people won’t look at me like i’m retarded for not caring so much about things that i’m not interested in.
Chris is now 'ChrisElison' on 43things
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13 months ago
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Thank you Dan Brown!
I’ve found that keeping a notepad about me when reading or watching intelligent TV comes in handy for jotting down any words I don’t know, typing ‘define:’ followed by a word into Google shows up definitions for that word, e.g: define:extemporaneously.
eightofeight is clearing her mind, heart soul and life of clutter, little by little
Several years ago
13 months ago
I deracinated myself and moved 3,000 miles away from home.
1. To pluck up by the roots; to uproot.
2. To displace from one’s native or accustomed environment.
deracinate \dee-RAS-uh-nayt\, transitive verb:
