Word Power
Your intelligence is directly connected to the words you know. If you know only simple words, you can only understand simple concepts.
Imagine that the only words you had to describe something were "Good" and "Bad".
You would see life in very black and white terms. All of life’s complexity…it’s texture and shades of meaning would be lost on you.
Be a lifelong student of vocabulary. Continue to learn and USE new words.
Here’s a tip: this doesn’t mean that you have to study a bunch of five syllable words that nobody understands and try to fit them into conversation.
You already know thousands of words…that you don’t use! We become lazy in our speech and depend on a small number of simple words. So – to begin…USE more of the words you already know.
Another tip: the best way to improve your vocabulary is by an old fashioned, nearly forgotten skill:
Reading. Read more. Read better books. And use an index card for a bookmark.
Reading. Read more. Read better books. And use an index card for a bookmark.
This will make it easy to write down words that you want to be "keepers!"
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