Good words to use in essays (3 Viewers)

[Trippendicular]

What are some good words to use in essays/assessments that sound intellectual whilst being easily accessable. Post them and their meanings here

 

[Slidey]

Grab a dictionary and learn.

One of my pet hates is pretentious people who use words they don't know the meaning of, just to sound cool.

I suggest you start with dictionary.com's word of the day archives: http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/

 

[absolution*]

Grab a dictionary and learn.

One of my pet hates is pretentious people who use words they don't know the meaning of, just to sound cool.

hahaha. thats me.

 

[Purp|e]

^ is one leet mofo.

hmmm if you were lost for words you could always talk about otters, they're cool.

 

[absolution*]

or penguins which has much the same effect...

 

[belly_moo]

if its something on MS Word; use: shift + F7

the thesaurus; my best friend

 

[J0n]

Yeh, one word I found from the thesaurus was exemplified, in place of emphasised.

 

[goan_crazy]

use conveyed, portrayed, yeah as ^ exemplified is a good one 2

 

[Slidey]

Yeh, one word I found from the thesaurus was exemplified, in place of emphasised.

*slaps head*

'To exemplify' is to lead by example or to demonstrate something by example. I am thoroughly nonplussed as to how a thesaurus could derive 'emphasised' from this word.

 

[absolution*]

And this... is why the HSC English course is a failure.

 

[Slidey]

And this... is why the HSC English course is a failure.

It's like teaching people to walk when they don't know how to crawl. But that's not the clincher: they're being taught to walk with their hands.

 

[absolution*]

It's like teaching people to walk when they don't know how to crawl. But that's not the clincher: they're being taught to walk with their hands.

I like your thinking maths boy.

 

[mr_brightside]

Antidisestablishmentarianism

 

[katietheskatie]

irony. seriously, english teachers go nuts over that word.

 

[mr_brightside]

irony. seriously, english teachers go nuts over that word.

yes... that was amusing.

mr_brightside: um miss, what does Antidisestablishmentarianism mean?
e. teacher: who told u to use that?
mr_brightside: the yr 12 debating team
e. teacher: umm.....

didnt get a complete answer. she broke down the word and gave me seperate definitions...

 

[Will_Sparky]

Deconstruct, Satirical, Inextricably Linked...

 

[absolution*]

yes... that was amusing.

mr_brightside: um miss, what does Antidisestablishmentarianism mean?
e. teacher: who told u to use that?
mr_brightside: the yr 12 debating team
e. teacher: umm.....

didnt get a complete answer. she broke down the word and gave me seperate definitions...

Just incase you think you are smart, youll find at least on a theoretical basis that the dual prefix of anti- and dis- in fact cancel each out leaving you with a rather mundane word.

 

[mr_brightside]

Just incase you think you are smart, youll find at least on a theoretical basis that the dual prefix of anti- and dis- in fact cancel each out leaving you with a rather mundane word.

i know..... thats why i found it amusing to see what my english teacher said. the word itself is a contrad....contra..........mistake. lol

 

[absolution*]

i know..... thats why i found it amusing to see what my english teacher said. the word itself is a contrad....contra..........mistake. lol

English teachers are so over-rated.

 

[eshi]

Go through the Rubric for the course...the words they use are the ones that they're looking for. They'll be able to tell if you're just picking words out of the thesaurus...if you don't understand the topic no amount of fancy words can make up for it.