SAT Word of the Day – soupcon
soupcon – (n) a very small quantity of something
Tag: vocabulary
SAT Word of the Day – miasma
miasma – (n) an unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapour
synonyms – stink, reek, stench, smell, odour, malodour
“A” is for Articulate
In life, people can’t deny that communication is one of the most important aspects to success. However, even deeper than just the broad idea of “communication” is the ability to articulate your ideas and thoughts to others. Also, learning or figuring out what people are saying depends on how they again “articulate” the ideas to you.
To articulate ideas as clearly as possible, you need a broad set of “tools” or resources to communicate those ideas. And guess what? What your English teacher said and all the academic influences you’ve had in life have told you is right: you must study vocabulary!
Like the aforementioned, very few people can deny that it’s important to be able to communicate and if you want to be a better communicator, learn more vocabulary. Regardless of what age you are at, build on the base that you have now. Learn a word a day. Be more ambitious and learn 5! Read the New York Times on a regular basis and look up the words you don’t know. I’m sure there will be a good number of them you won’t know.