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Improve  Your Vocabulary Through Reading

4/18/2019

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Many people ask me how they can improve their vocabulary. There are many ways to accomplish this. Let's talk about one that is something you can do every day.

One great way is to read, whether it is a book, a newspaper article or information on the web. Keep a notebook with you and write down any words that you don't know. Then, look them up in a dictionary.  These days there are many great online dictionaries, with www.dictionary.com being one of the best that I've found.  

Once you write down the words you want to learn and look up them up, also take a look at synonyms for them. Now you not only have one new word to use, but several to choose from!

For example, let's say you see the word "superfluous" in an article somewhere and you don't know this word. On www.dictionary.com, this word is defined as follows:

Superfluous is an adjective that means being more than is sufficient or required; excessive
unnecessary or needless
obsolete-possessing or spending more than enough or necessary; extravagant.

The above definitions for superfluous also included some synonyms. There you go! If you want to check to see synonyms for this word, click on the "thesaurus.com" on the dictionary.com website, which will take you to another area.  Insert the word "superfluous" to view a plethora of synonyms to use.  Now you have some great alternatives in addition to superfluous to use!

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Vocabulary?  You've got this:  Bought a  bing, bought a boom!

4/3/2019

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    Cheryl Posey is a licensed and nationally certified speech/language pathologist.   She specializes in accent reduction and communication skills training and provides useful tips and suggestions to help you improve your spoken English and reduce your accent with articles from Speaking Your Best's blog.  Subscribe today so that you don't miss any articles!

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