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What Does Capacious Mean?

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Julia Tomiak / 7 Comments

Capacious sounds like "capacity", right? So I should have guessed this one. Come learn a new word with me!

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Vocab From Go Set a Watchman: Gulosity

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Julia Tomiak / 5 Comments

Ms. Harper Lee taught me two new words this week: malapropism and gulosity. Have you heard of either of these words? The Word Nerd explains them both.

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Vocab from Go Set a Watchman: Abjure

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Julia Tomiak / 8 Comments

I'm enjoying Harper Lee's beautiful language in her "sequel" to To Kill a Mockingbird. She sent me to the dictionary on page 13 already with "abjure" - do you ...