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Jun10

Word of the Week Challenge 6/10/14

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A Brunette’s Reflection Word of the week challenge– drum roll please…. Verisimilitude. Can you wiggle this word into your work week? Hope you have fun with it! The last word was exculpate. This week I was listening to something on the web and heard the word verisimilitude. I thought for sure I knew the meaning so I did a quick search and I was wrong! Gasp— okay, maybe I wasn’t that surprised I was wrong– Whatevs… The definition of

VERISIMILITUDE
ver·i·si·mil·i·tude

Example: Being close to the truth.
Example: The fictional book I read had a thread of verisimilitude running through the story.

Can you use this word this week??

May19

Word of the Work Week Challenge 5/19/14

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A word to take to the Cube Farm!
Earlier this month I started a new thing on A Brunette’s Reflection, a word of the week. Not just any word but a word you can wiggle into your work week. I will be doing this once a week and asking followers to apply it in a conversation or meeting at work. Hope you have fun with it! Last week’s word was EXCULPATE. So for the week of 5/19/14 I came up with a HARD WORD– at least I hope it is one you haven’t heard! 🙂

MAL·A·PROP·ISM
(măl′ə-prŏp-ĭz′əm)
Example: A word that is misused incorrectly that may sound similar to the word that was meant to be used. (President Bush is great at this and so is my husband!) The word has quite an interesting history and you can read more about it here on Wikipedia.

Have a great Work Week!

May5

Word of the Work Week Challenge 5/5/14

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I’m going to start something weekly on A Brunette’s Reflection, a word of the week. Not just any word but a word you can wiggle into your work week. I will be doing this once a week and asking followers to apply it in a conversation or meeting at work.

Why? A few reasons, I love language, I like incorporating new words into my vocabulary, and furthermore I like to be difficult 🙂

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Will you except this challenge?

You are never too young or too old to grow your vocabulary!

First Word: Amalgamate, When two or more items/businesses/programs are combined.
How to use in a sentence: A. When our two companies amalgamated we were a force to be reckoned with.
B. Tech support amalgamated the two program’s data into one an easy to use registry.