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Vocabulary Shout-Out to Jonathan Rauch for "Mesomorph"
A word to describe physique and also personality.
In writing about Harvard Medical School faculty member Dr. Angelo Volandes and the films he is making to help terminally-ill patients decide to opt out of medical intervention, The Atlantic contributing editor Jonathan Rauch uses mesomorph to describe Volandes' physical appearance.
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Ten Words from The NY Times - May 1, 2013
Ten Words from The NY Times - May 1, 2013
Learn Ten Words from The NY Times - May 1, 2013. Then see "Vocabulary Begets Vocabulary: The More You Know, the More You Learn" to understand why learning these words will help you absorb even more as you read.
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List of the Week: Jonathan Safran Foer
List of the Week: Jonathan Safran Foer
Having logged many years teaching English and theatre at New York City high schools, Shannon Reed now teaches freshman English Composition at the University of Pittsburgh. Here Shannon shows how teachers can work with students to improve their writing by focusing on five overused words.
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Under the HoodThe science of vocabulary building
How Do We Learn Words? Ask Your Weatherman
Call them chunking, call them clichés, they're how we learn
"Hot enough for you?" "Lovely day!" "It's raining cats and dogs!" Weather clichés serve us well. Not only do they give us the means of exchanging a pleasantries with friends and neighbors, they're an example of language chunking, the process through which our brains attaches meaning to words.
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Vocabulary Shout-Out: Novelist Amity Gaige for "Gloriole"
And why this kind of precision in language matters
In the following description from her novel O My Darling (2005), Amity Gaige uses the words gloriole and mote to describe the effect of light and snow.
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