Can I use this word?

College Essays
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<p>Do you think I can use the word ‘perspiration’ as a synonym of hard work in my Commonapp essay?
I know the saying by Thomas Edison, that ‘Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration’. So is it OK to say ‘…where success was a function of perspiration and ingenuity.’?</p>

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<p>double meaning words should be avoided.</p>

3

<p>actually i know somebody who’s entire essay using words with double meanings</p>

<p>so there were 2 completely different interpretations of her essay</p>

<p>it was pretty beastly</p>

<p>she got into penn</p>

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<p>that’s such a good idea…</p>

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<p>Why don’t you just use that word and try to avoid using other double meaning words throughout the rest of your essay.</p>