Vocab Practice: Verbose

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This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Feb. 2, 2015.

Let’s do a practice round!

Verbose means:

A) Violent
B) Wordy
C) Variable
D) Humorous

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Cool Word Challenge: Verbose and Sylvan

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Cool Word Challenge: Just for fun, come up with one sentence that uses both of the cool vocabulary words that you learned this week.

Here are the words again:

Verbose: Wordy; using more words than necessary.

Sylvan: Relating to a wooded area or forest.

Submit your sentence below. The most [Read more…]

Is That a Little Too Verbose?

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When you sit down to write a report, it’s a good feeling when the words flow easily.

You have plenty of ideas and tap out one crisply written sentence after another on your keyboard.

After you finish that first draft, here’s a fun exercise to try: Check the length of [Read more…]