lexical enrichment Quotes

Read the dictionary from A to Izzard today. Get a vocabulary. Brush up on your diction. See whether wisdom is just a lot of language.

Obstreperous, ‘huh,” said Tad. “I see you’ve been using that Big Word of the Day calendar I got you last Christmas.” “That is irrefragable,” I told him solemnly.

I often recall these words when I am writing, and I think to myself, “It’s true. There aren’t any new words. Our job is to give new meanings and special overtones to absolutely ordinary words.” I find the thought reassuring. It means that vast, unknown stretches still lie before us, fertile territories just waiting for us to cultivate them.

But he thought all the strange words were beautiful, and he had never had a book of his own before.

We all had to search for more words to describe things.

What lives in words is what words were needed to learn.

Few activities are as delightful as learning new vocabulary.

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of language.

I trade both with the living and the dead, for the enrichment of our native language.

I like words. And I always learn a few new ones when Father gets angry. I shouldn't neglect my education, now should I?

Study words so that you can use them significantly, effectively, worthily.