Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Say What?



I love words.

For grins, I just took an online test for the SAT. (No, I'm not going back to college.) It involved choosing the correct definition for various words. Surprisingly, I scored 100% and at the end, a screen appeared saying:
"The average person who scores 100% on this Word List knows at least 11,085 words."

Really? So, why can't I remember them?

To the dismay at times of my friends and family, I enjoy learning new words and trying to use them. To "pepper my speech" with them. Why would you settle for simple words when you can paint such a picture with a great word here or there? Oh, I don't walk around speaking with flowery Victorian language. I'm a Southern girl who loves to keep it easy most of the time. I'm mostly a "Y'all set-a-spell" kinda girl. But on occasion, I enjoy a surprise in a sentence.
  • Dappled sunshine filtered through the tree branches.
  • The clouds overhead were portentous.
  • Mrs. Gotrocks wore a very ostentatious dress to the gathering.
So, there you have it. Three new words to try rolling off of your tongue today. Or, if they aren't new to you, perhaps they just want to be taken for a spin in your speech. Give one a try. You never know when you'll need to improve that 11,085 word vocabulary.


4 comments:

  1. Superb employment of vocabulary Wendie! Much admiration for the allotment of your mind expanding lexis with us!

    Cricket

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  2. Superb employment of vocabulary Wendie! Much admiration for the allotment of your mind expanding lexis with us!

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  3. what she said ;)

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  4. A most exemplary blog!!!
    And ditto Cricket!

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