as college students we should be learning new words i think

<p>soooo, what’s a word you learned recently?</p>

<p>but lets keep it to words you liked learning. i mean if you don’t like the word then don’t look it up right. that’s what i do. i don’t even give those ones the chance of finding out their definitions, i just don’t look them up since i know they’re not for me. i ain’t got time for that! i used to be a fool and look ALL words up i was unsure of the meaning of, but i realized not every new word was useful to me, nor did i retain the definitions, and in fact in trying to retain so many definitions i may have made retention harder for the ones that were useful. so now i just focus on the ones i like and try not to get mad at the author for using words i don’t know and don’t care to know. i could give many examples of such words but i don’t want to bore anyone or even write the words which i loathe so much and risk any of you guys picking them up. as it turns out, it’s only a small minority of words i don’t know that i actually have any appreciation for, the others i wouldn’t complain for them to be removed from the english language dictionary altogether, in fact i would encourage such an excision of excess. but on top of that i would ban publishers from publishing them to hamper any revitalization efforts that may spring up.</p>

<p>Kawaakari: (n.) the gleam of last light on a rivers surface at dusk; the glow of a river in the darkness</p>

<p>nice word.</p>

<p>Staid: (n.) of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.</p>

<p>KEEP THE WORDS COMING.</p>

<p>Thaumaturge: (n.) a magician</p>

<p>MOAR.</p>

<p>Ameliorate (V) - Improve; to make something better. </p>

<p>Related: My current Composition professor gives us 4 new words to learn each day. Ameliorate is one of them that come up a few weeks ago. I always like learning new words so I agree with you TC. </p>