Comments on: How Many Words Do You Know?

By: clare

clare — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:43:10 +0000

lexicon, lexeme…lexus? i wonder about how they came up with the auto comapny name. what is the “lex” part? are there any connections to the name alex or alexis?

By: Maeve

Maeve — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:24:07 +0000

I hope it holds up well! I used to teach vocabulary for the GRE and I’m a future librarian. I too love words, and try to increase my active vocabulary, not just my passive. That is challenging however because words are a tool of communication so you have to make sure that the words you choose are appropriate for the context. I don’t mind using rare, more difficult, or larger words though since if someone asks and I explain it helps build their vocabulary too. Oh! And if you haven’t seen it check out http://www.freerice.org where they have awesome vocab building games.

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