Welcome to the Wondrous Words Wednesday meme, hosted by Bermudaonion.net. It’s a 
chance to learn some new vocabulary or refresh your memory.
This will be my last entry from A Thousand Acres, a retelling of Shakespeare’s King Lear, set in an American farming community in the 1970s. In the novel, as in the play, sisters conspire and agendas collide.
Caroline acted in another play in her sophomore year, The Crucible… She squirmed away from having [Daddy] watch her… she said it was a kind of superstition, the kind you get with baseball players. I colluded.
I guessed that colluded probably meant “agreed”, but when I looked it up (so easy on the Kindle), I found it had a more sinister connotation.
collude \kə-‘lüd\ verb from Latin com +ludere to play; to conspire or plot for a harmful purpose
So it wasn’t that the protagonist simply agreed with Caroline; she also helped her deceive her father.
Word Nerd Workout
Think of some of your favorite characters and write a sentence about them conspiring. For example:
Butler colluded with Artemis to capture the fairy and steal her gold.
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Julia
Gotta love collude. I’m a lawyer, so I see collusion all the time. Heheehee. 😉
Colluded is a wonderful word, I love your sentence with Artemis.
Collude is a good “bad” word. Hmmm…I’m also having a hard time coming up with an example.
I like that- it is an interesting way to suggest “bad.” Thanks for stopping by!
I’m new to WWW – I’m loving all this amazing word power and the new book possibilities 🙂
I’ve been trying to think up a quick senetence using colluded but it’s too early in the morning here to be thinking about plotting and planning anything!
When I was a kid, I felt like my parents and teachers colluded to keep me from having any fun!
LOL! Love this Kathy, and I felt the same way. Great workout!
I read this years and years ago and if I’m correct, I recall loving it. Also if I’m correct they made a film of it.(Opening new tab on computer screen and googling it) Okay I just looked it up. YES they did make a movie out of it with Jessica Lange, Michelle Pfeiffer and Jason Robards.
BTW, the Nook has the same feature making it easy to look up and highlight words while reading. I love it too. Soooo easy. Thanks for stopping by my place this morning. Have a great day!
You’re welcome, Sim! Unfortunately, I haven’t really enjoyed the book, but I’m glad you did.