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Vocabulary
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I have always thought that an extensive and well stocked vocabulary was the indicator of a well educated , experienced and interesting person. To that end I keep a spiral notebook at hand when reading and copy down words that I do not know or feel uncomfortable with and search diligently for a place to use them so that I can truly add them to my vocabulary. A word not used is after all hardly lodged in one's vocabulary. Today on the last day of 2007 I am forced to admit that I have failed to add a few words to my vocabulary by using some that I have copied down in my reading and must further admit that they have been there dormant in my Commonplace Book for most all of this year. The problem is that they are words that have just not come up in my conversation this year. The words and their meaning are below:
catapan: The officer who governed Calabria and Apulia under the Byzantine emperors.
bolluschickie: Young males of the Pribolof fur seals
spetch: A piece or strip of undressed leather trimmed from a hide used in making glue
turdiform: Having the form or appearance of a thrush
denariate: A portion or piece of land worth only a penny a year in rent
I guess that I am travelling in the wrong crowd because I just haven't found a place to fit these words into any conversations that I have had this year. Maybe my life will be more exciting in 2008.
love
dad, granpa, ami
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