Vocab from the Bartimaeus Trilogy: Sycophantic
A word that stumped me last week: sycophantic. Come find out what this word means. Hint, it comes from the Greek word for informer.
Category: Improving vocabulary
Vocab from the Bartimaeus Trilogy: Amulet
Since amulet is in the title of my current audiobook, I figured I'd better look it up! Do you know what amulet means?
Vocabulary from Half Broke Horses: Abscond
Know what abscond means? I'd forgotten, but Jeannette Walls forced me to look it up. Come relearn a word with me today!
Vocab from Half Broke Horses: Mendacious
Today we explore mendacious, a great word from Jeannette Walls, author of Half Broke Horses and The Glass Castle. Can you use mendacious in a sentence?
Vocab from Artemis Fowl: Bivouac
Have you ever had to bivouac? Come learn about the origins of this unusual word.
What is Prescriptivism?
Grammar Girl says that "prescriptivism sells", but what is prescriptivism? Let me share what I learned...