Her way with words
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Having decided that knowing how to use big words properly takes your profile high up I've decided to create a platform here for vocabulary growth.
Let's start by learning a few new words
1.avant-garde
radically new or original
2. bailiwick
one's particular area of interest or branch of knowledge
3.bedlam
a state of extreme confusion and disorder
With the horses rushing for the wire, bedlam had broken loose.
4. besmirch
smear so as to make dirty or stained.
5. bona fide
not counterfeit or copied
6. bowdlerize
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate.
7.cacophony
loud confusing disagreeable sounds.
8. cipher
a secret method of writing.
9.coterie
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose.
10.curmudgeon
an irascible, cantankerous person full of stubborn ideas.
11. defenestrate
throw through or out of a window.
12. diaphanous
so thin as to transmit light
13. diaspora
the dispersion of something that was originally localized
14. dogmatic
pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
15. egregious
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
16. embolden
give encouragement to
17. eponymous
relating to a name derived from a person
18. feckless
generally incompetent and ineffectual
19. fez
a felt cap for a man
20. fiefdom
the domain controlled by a feudal lord
21. flotsam
the floating wreckage of a ship
22. harangue
a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
23. harrowing
causing extreme distress
24. histrionics
a performance of a play
25. hoi polloi
the common people generally
26. imprimatur
formal and explicit approval
27. inchoate
only partly in existence; imperfectly formed.
28. jejune
lacking interest or significance or impact.
29. kerfuffle
a disorderly outburst or tumult.
30. Milquetoast
a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.
Okay reread Jejune.
Let it sink
Then make a decision not to be Jejune.
If you have a way with words please share your favorite words and meaning.
Having decided that knowing how to use big words properly takes your profile high up I've decided to create a platform here for vocabulary growth.
Let's start by learning a few new words
1.avant-garde
radically new or original
2. bailiwick
one's particular area of interest or branch of knowledge
3.bedlam
a state of extreme confusion and disorder
With the horses rushing for the wire, bedlam had broken loose.
4. besmirch
smear so as to make dirty or stained.
5. bona fide
not counterfeit or copied
6. bowdlerize
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate.
7.cacophony
loud confusing disagreeable sounds.
8. cipher
a secret method of writing.
9.coterie
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose.
10.curmudgeon
an irascible, cantankerous person full of stubborn ideas.
11. defenestrate
throw through or out of a window.
12. diaphanous
so thin as to transmit light
13. diaspora
the dispersion of something that was originally localized
14. dogmatic
pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
15. egregious
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
16. embolden
give encouragement to
17. eponymous
relating to a name derived from a person
18. feckless
generally incompetent and ineffectual
19. fez
a felt cap for a man
20. fiefdom
the domain controlled by a feudal lord
21. flotsam
the floating wreckage of a ship
22. harangue
a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
23. harrowing
causing extreme distress
24. histrionics
a performance of a play
25. hoi polloi
the common people generally
26. imprimatur
formal and explicit approval
27. inchoate
only partly in existence; imperfectly formed.
28. jejune
lacking interest or significance or impact.
29. kerfuffle
a disorderly outburst or tumult.
30. Milquetoast
a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.
Okay reread Jejune.
Let it sink
Then make a decision not to be Jejune.
If you have a way with words please share your favorite words and meaning.
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