• ANNUNCIATION

    Following yesterdays’s word you might think that this was the way an announcement is announced. In a way it is but it has a particular meaning: It is the announcement by the Angel Gabriel to Mary that she would bear the child, Jesus.

    Learn a new word every day.
    Repeat it and remind yourself what it means at least three times in a day.
    Try to use the word in conversation or writing today.
    Get a dictionary and look words up.


  • PRONUNCIATION

    This is the one word that generally gets mispronounced. That’s a “nun” in the middle not a “noun”.

    Pronunciation is the way a word is pronounced. Be haughty and correct people when they get it wrong – it’s great fun and they might stamp on your toe in thanks.

    A smidgen is a small amount of something. You might put a smidgen of salt on your food.

    Learn a new word every day.
    Repeat it and remind yourself what it means at least three times in a day.
    Try to use the word in conversation or writing today.
    Get a dictionary and look words up.


  • SENTIENT

    Being sentient is to be able to feel or perceive things – more than just being alive, having intelligence too. Being sentient, you are possessed of sentience.

    Learn a new word every day.
    Repeat it and remind yourself what it means at least three times in a day.
    Try to use the word in conversation or writing today.
    Get a dictionary and look words up.