I decided to add a blog post day dedicated to words--this is a writers blog, after all!
I'm using a book published by The Princeton Review called WORD SMART that has "1,505 words you need to know to: communicate effectively, be more persuasive, get more from your reading, score higher on the SAT and other standardized tests".
The first word:
ABASH (uh, BASH) v to make ashamed; to embarrass
Meredith felt abashed by her inability to remember her lines.
To do something without shame or embarrassment is to do it unabashedly.
Ken handed in a term paper that he had unabashedly copied from the local newspaper.
My question for you: Should I start at the beginning of the list, meaning you'll get a lot of words that start with A for a while, or pick randomly?
pick randomly...I'm such a word geek...love this, elle!
ReplyDeleteI love to look up words in the dictionary. Sometimes, I use a word and then wonder if I have the nuance right. Looking it up can be an eye-opener, for sure.
ReplyDeleteI vote for random picking - it's always more fun to mix things up! :-)
ReplyDeleteI would pick randomly. I would be abashed if anyone caught on that I was using primarily words that begin with A. ;)
ReplyDeleteRandom!
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