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My enemies within this month. I'm gonna destroy them! multitude mute nag nascent nestle nicety niggling nostrum nothing more than nothing less than obnoxious no good ground on occasion oscillate other than out of the question outlaw outspoken over the hill overcome pace pad out paltry parameter parlance partaker path pathology patrician patriotic patronize pay off pay tribute to periphery perk up persona pidgin piercing piercing eye pilgrim pilgrimage pit plausible pollock posh possession posterity posthumous precious precipitate precipitation predecessor predicament preeminence premiere prescient pressing pressing matters prestigious presumptuous primogenitor primogeniture procreation prolific propensity protagonist protocol pump out punctuate puritanism put to bed quack quash quintessential rack rags rags to riches rail against ramble rant reactionary recuperate remain remedy the want reminiscent rend repent requisite rerun retardant revel revel in revivify rewarding rhapsody rite rule on salsa satiate satiation scant scathing scorch scrap scroll down scrupulous searing sedition sedulity sedulous sedulously self absorbed shake up shamble shoal shrine shuffle silhouette simulated slimy slip out sludge sluggish snap up snivel sociation sombre spasm spearhead specimen spell spiked spin doctor spite spring from spring up spring upon sprint staid stake stand by staying power strand string sturdy sublimating succumb to supplant supreme sustained sustenance swivel take it or leave it target population terrine testimony the last word thread threadbare throw away to the touch toe hold toil toiled token toxic token toy with treacle tribute trifling tuck away tuck into turf turn out turn to advantage twitch tyrant undeclared undue unfailing unhorse unhorsed unpatriotic unsupervised unutterable utterance vice vivify wean wear thin whiff wimp out win over wing wuss

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Leo: I've been working on the introduction of some words for my students as lesson material. This involves the use of a select number of words which correspond with light phenomena as a kind of Core Vocabulary. I would like to share some of these with you. These are all synonyms for the word SHOW. I chose SHOW because it is a kind of word with a Universality. In other words, no matter the language, we have communication like: "Here, I can show you." Here is a partial list that I work on: . . Show has many Synonyms (words of similar meaning) I can SHOW. I can ARTICULATE I can ILLUMINATE I can ENUMERATE I can POINT OUT I can DESCRIBE I can INSTRUCT I can DEMONSTRATE I can FORMULATE I can CHARACTERIZE I can COMPARE. I can CONTRAST I can DIRECT We can ARTICULATE ideas This list has a small sample sentence which "shows" with clarity, the use of the word. A clever student can compose simple sentences at first, using this Core Vocabulary. By the way, I also am working on a kind of Universal Sentence that students can use to begin contructing sentences of all kind. Let me show you: "I want to show everything about something. (Or something very similar.) The idea for the student, is that they learn the Universal sentences, and then create many other sentences using many of the core words and core ideas for subject matter. This gives the student the necessary repetition we all need to be good at English thinking. .
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Haha, yes, Devon. And they are really formidable! But if I wanna change myself from a Chinese journalist to an English one. I really need to learn them. And there's still a long way to go. Sometimes, it is frustrating.
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Yeah I agree, some of these words will make you sound smart and will help you become more proficient in the english language; however, lots of these words are basically useless. You'll never use them enough for you to remember them and even if you do lots of english speaking people wont know what you're talking about because they're that uncommon. Pathology, parlance and primogenitor just to name a few but i'd say about half of these words aren't worth learning.
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Thank you Bruce. Yes, I agree. Some language experts argued that the vocabulary necessary for practical use in speaking English includes only around 3000 words, which I think I should REALLY command proficiently. But obviously, I haven't yet. :)
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However, Leo, it is a rather primitive way to learn the English language. It is about the equivalent to loading a backpack with 100 pounds of rocks, and then climbing mountains, in the expectation that the exercise will develop muscles. Arguably, it will. When climbing down the mountain however, it is discovered that the 100 pounds of rocks, have little more than an decorative value, at best. The vocabulary necessary for practical use in speaking and writing, would be much smaller, you see? .

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