Tag: words
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Words of the Week 1/8/2014
This week’s words are: plexus (n.) a network of nerves or vessels in the body; an intricate/weblike network coup de main (n.) French — a sudden surprise attack, especially during war sheepskin (n.) [slang] a high school or college diploma badinage (n.) humorous or witty conversation prognosticate (v.) foretell; prophesize To make things interesting, match…
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Words of the Week 1/1/2014
Happy New Year! In addition to being the first day of the year, today is also the first Wednesday– and so begins my new segment, Words of the Week. I’ll now be posting something vocabulary-related every Wednesday in order to expand my lexicon and give me an excuse to practice all those words I’ve looked…
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Welcome to the Read Room. Have a seat.
Note 4/23/2014: This was my first post ever. My blog is no longer called The Read Room, but this still makes a good introduction to what I’m about here. Enjoy! Hi. My name is Julie Israel, and I’m an aspiring writer. At first I only wrote to mark special occasions– diaries were considered normal for a…
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