Here are a couple of new words that I have learned while reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows:
Elocution: a person's manner of speaking or reading aloud in public.
Here is how elocution was used on page 6:
P.S. I did not throw "The Shepherd Boy Sings in the Valley of Humiliation" at the audience, I threw it at the elocution mistress.
Inveigle: to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements.
Here is how inveigle was used on page 33:
I seized him and threatened him until he confessed your address-you see, Mr. Reynolds, you are not the only one who can inveigle innocent employees.
Vociferous: crying out noisily; clamorous.
Here is how vociferous was used on page 48:
The response was so vociferous Isola Pribby, our Sergeant-at-Arms, was forced to bang her hammer for order (I admit that Isola needs little enouragement to bang her hammer).
So those are the new words that I have learned while reading this fabulous book! I can't wait to discuss this one with my book club next week!
2 comments:
A friend of mine uses vociferous all the time - she's a middle school teacher - so I knew that one. Thanks for participating!
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