Tag Archives: Vocabulary

A mid-August link fest.

Posted on Friday, 19 August 2011 by

I’m going to cheat today. Monday’s 1,700 word post left me a little worn out, kind of like Harry Potter after conjuring a Patronus. Yes, I admit it. I read all the books. But I got the British “adult” versions. … Continue reading →

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Now, I’m not one to preach, but…

Posted on Friday, 3 June 2011 by

It’s time for another Friday Word of the Week. I started this topic to help myself learn more words and to give myself motivation to expand my reading and put more challenging authors into my reading circulation (Hello, Nabakov!). I … Continue reading →

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The vocabulary of insanity

Posted on Friday, 27 May 2011 by

The weather is getting warmer and more humid around here, and the colors outside have shifted from countless shades of pale, delicate green into the lush deep greens of the approaching summer. I’ve finally managed to convince myself that my … Continue reading →

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The case for bilingualism

Posted on Wednesday, 27 April 2011 by

I have spent my life around different languages. At home, though I heard mostly English, there was plenty of Portuguese being thrown around, especially when my parents were talking about us. When I wasn’t at home, I was usually found … Continue reading →

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Let’s ride that trail again…

Posted on Monday, 4 April 2011 by

This semester, I’ve had a light enough schedule that it allows me the luxury of actually having some free time on the weekends. It’s never completely free, but it is much better than last semester, for example, when it was the … Continue reading →

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Palimpsest

Posted on Friday, 18 March 2011 by

While it may seem so, I’m not overly attracted to words that begin with the letter P. I do, however, have a different confession to make about this Friday’s Word of the Week: it’s not a new word. It’s been … Continue reading →

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Word of the Week: Panopticon

Posted on Friday, 4 March 2011 by

I will begin with my foible. The book I’ve got my nose in these days is The Human Comedy by William Saroyan. I didn’t really expect to find a lot of unfamiliar words, so I thought my word of the … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Word of the Week

Posted on Friday, 25 February 2011 by

One of the joys of reading is discovering that I still need the dictionary.  I seem to have a vocabulary that is large enough to handle most of the words that I encounter in my usual or typical reading material. … Continue reading →

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