More Vocabulary from Jane Eyre: Torpid
As I said last week, besides being a wonderful read, Jane Eyre has given me plenty of vocabulary words to learn about! In the middle of the novel, Jane takes a ...
Category: Improving vocabulary
Vocabulary from Jane Eyre: Vapid
Last Week’s Winner So many of you were close on last week’s vocabulary challenge– one answer away from perfection. But I only had one winner ...
How Good is Your Vocabulary?
I cannot recall a Halloween when snow was falling in Virginia. But thanks to the “Super Storm”, I’m huddled up inside, watching white flakes ...
What Does Obdurate Mean?
A few weeks ago, in her review of Stephen King’s book 11/22/63, Amy Makechnie mentioned a great word nerd word: obdurate. Specifically, she quoted King: “...
Why I Love Perspicacious
It’s quite a word, sitting there under my picture in the right side bar of this blog: perspicacious. Fun to say. Try it. I think it has something to do with ...
Why Isn’t October the Eighth Month of the Year?
How October came to be our 10th month instead of our 8th.