Archives for the 'Vocabulary' Category

• The Scandinavian Connection
• Obsessed With Ob- Words
• Converse Terms
• Prevaricate vs Procrastinate
• Rebut, Refute, Deny
• Dissatisfied, Unsatisfied
• Homograph Examples
• Arabic Loanwords In English
• Verb Words
• Super Words
• “Epi-” Words for Writers
• Reduplicatives And Their Meanings
• Womanly Words - Gyn
• Weird Words
• Andro- The Prefix That’s All Man
• Calling All Book Lovers
• Reduplicatives - Double Delight
• Among vs. Amongst
• Poring over “Pore” and “Pour”
• Reader Piqued By French Mutilations
• Misfeasance or Malfeasance?
• Knickerbocker Story
• Medium, Media
• Onomatopoeia (it is not something to eat)
• Good Friday and Easter
• Rhinotillexis on the Decline
• The Unfortunate Dys
• Bouillon, Bullion or Boolean?
• Fun With Words: Palindromes
• What is the Difference Between Metaphor and Simile?
• Months: A History Of Time
• Rite, Write, Right, Wright
• A Sweet Story About Marmalade
• Positions, Please
• The Yiddish Handbook: 40 Words You Should Know
• Words for Telling the Future
• Days: A History Of Time
• Time Words: Era, Epoch, and Eon
• Festive Words
• The Meaning Of Christmas
• W00T - Word Of The Year
• Gentle and Genteel
• Doublets: An Endless Source of Fascination
• Chant and Cant
• Do Synonyms Exist?
• Among/Amongst: Is there a Difference?

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