Smart Words: Vocabulary for the Erudite by Harrison Mim

Author:Harrison, Mim [Harrison, Mim]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf, epub
Publisher: Perigee
Published: 2008-11-03T16:00:00+00:00

Spot the zeugma in this sentence: “They watched the clock and the world go by.”

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Picture This

Descriptions that sing, dance,

and act up a little

Adjectives sometimes get a bad rap as being unnecessary words. But these adjectives add impact because of the vivid pictures they paint.

abstruse difficult to understand (ab-STROOSS)

Think of this esoteric word in terms of “concealed,” which is where its present meaning got its start.

Her thinking can be so abstruse that it’s difficult to know what she’s talking about.

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