According to Vocabulary.com there are 100 words every high school graduate should know. I've been out of school for over a decade now, so I thought I'd challenge myself and see how much I managed to retain. I'll start out with 10, and follow-up on this post again.
Do you know the definitions of the following words :
1) Abjure
2) Abrogate
3) Abstemious
4) Acumen
5) Antebellum
6) Auspicious
7) Belie
8) Bellicose
9) Bowdlerize
10) Chicanery
I admit, I'm a bit embarrassed... I call myself a writer and yet a few of these words I've never heard before and a few I recognize but have no idea what the definition is!!
What about you?
Hmmm. The first three I could probably figure out in context but not off the top of my head. The last seven I know.
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Oh goodness.... I need to start reading the dictionary!
ReplyDeleteHmm, I don't know all of them... I could probably figure them out in context, but still, I am a bit disappointed in myself... Interesting to think about still (and soon to check a dictionary)!
ReplyDeleteI'll try and post the next 10 soon! :) Danica
ReplyDeleteHaha...love the post. Never even heard of most of those words much less define them!
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Thanks for stopping by, I'll be sure to pop over to your blog also! :) Danica
DeleteI completely fail this one :(
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