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Post by Deb on Mar 7, 2017 17:59:43 GMT -5
Let's start a list of words we come across that will help build our vocabulary. Especially as you learn them in shorthand. If you happen to have the shorthand outline, great. If not, maybe someone else can supply it.
Here's an example. I was writing down, in Gregg Shorthand of course, a phone message. He used the word "befuddled". I knew the word, but did not know it in shorthand. Looking through the Gregg Shorthand Anniversary dictionary, there isn't any word similar that I could find (no "fud" words except "fudge"). So let's start with that word and if someone has the shorthand outline, please feel free to add it (any version would be fine with me since I can't find it in the Anniversary dictionary). Even though I knew the word, it's not used a lot, I don't think I've said it myself. So I'm adding it here. be·fud·dlebih-fuhd-l verb (used with object), befuddled, befuddling. 1. to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments: politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises. 2. to make stupidly drunk. Link to dictionary.com with more info and a voice to pronounce it, if you want it: www.dictionary.com/browse/befuddled
Please feel free to add any new or unusual words you come across and let's build our vocabulary in English and Gregg Shorthand. |
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Post by lvw on Mar 7, 2017 18:49:28 GMT -5
The Series 90 dictionary gives the outline as b-f-u-d-ld. I think a writer of an earlier version of Gregg might write it the same way, or the same way with the u omitted.
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Post by Deb on Mar 9, 2017 16:35:20 GMT -5
The Series 90 dictionary gives the outline as b-f-u-d-ld. I think a writer of an earlier version of Gregg might write it the same way, or the same way with the u omitted. Thank you. I hear that 'u' very clearly when I say it, so I would write it exactly that way. |
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Post by Deb on Mar 20, 2017 10:39:02 GMT -5
Sporadically spəˈradək(ə)lē/ adverb occasionally or at irregular intervals. "he worked sporadically at part-time jobs"
Synonyms for sporadically infrequently intermittently now and then occasionally rarely seldom sparingly hardly ever little not regularly once in a blue moon
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tam
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Post by tam on Mar 20, 2017 19:27:30 GMT -5
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Post by Deb on Mar 21, 2017 14:42:49 GMT -5
Tam, Thank you for those! Those look perfect. I didn't have time to think of what "sporadically" would be. Then just forgot about it...
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Post by Deb on May 10, 2017 15:58:39 GMT -5
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Post by Deb on Jun 8, 2017 17:43:00 GMT -5
Looking at the anniversary dictionary, I found this word and though the outline interesting.  o·ti·ose ˈōdēˌōs,ˈōSHēˌōs/ adjective 1 : producing no useful result : futile 2 : being at leisure : idle 3 : lacking use or effect : functionless Marriam Webster Dictionary linky here. |
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Post by Deb on Jul 11, 2017 10:45:42 GMT -5
autonomy au·ton·o·my /ôˈtänəmē/ noun (of a country or region) the right or condition of self-government, especially in a particular sphere. "Tatarstan demanded greater autonomy within the Russian Federation" •a self-governing country or region. plural noun: autonomies •freedom from external control or influence; independence. "economic autonomy is still a long way off for many women" synonyms: self-government, self-rule, home rule, self-determination, independence, sovereignty, freedom "the rebels called for regional autonomy and self-government"  |
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Post by Deb on Jul 27, 2017 6:23:11 GMT -5
inertia [in-ur-shuh, ih-nur-] noun 1. inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness. 2. Physics. the property of matter by which it retains its state of rest or its velocity along a straight line so long as it is not acted upon by an external force. an analogous property of a force:electric inertia. 3. Medicine/Medical. lack of activity, especially as applied to a uterus during childbirth when its contractions have decreased or stopped. www.dictionary.com/browse/inertia |
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Post by Deb on Aug 3, 2017 9:37:25 GMT -5
incipient[in-sip-ee-uh nt] adjective 1. beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage: an incipient cold. an incipient fire. Can be confused with incipient, insipid, insipient. www.dictionary.com/browse/incipient 
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Post by Deb on Aug 7, 2017 12:55:11 GMT -5
EXPONENT (as in math) /ikˈspōnənt,ˈekspōnənt/ The exponent of a number says how many times to use that number in a multiplication. It is written as a small number to the right and above the base number. Other names for exponent are index or power. Source: www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/exponent.htmlAnd more if you want to learn more about this: www.mathsisfun.com/exponent.html Mathematics. a symbol or number placed above and after another symbol or number to denote the power to which the latter is to be raised: The exponents of the quantities x n, 2 m, y 4 , and 3 5 are, respectively, n, m, 4, and 5. Source: www.dictionary.com/browse/exponent  |
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Post by Deb on Aug 8, 2017 12:10:22 GMT -5
INVERSE in·verse ˈinvərs,inˈvərs/Submit adjective 1. opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or effect. "the well-observed inverse relationship between disability and social contact" noun 1. something that is the opposite or reverse of something else. "his approach is the inverse of most research"  |
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Post by Deb on Nov 22, 2017 11:04:53 GMT -5
I added this from another section. There were no replies, so here's my idea. I did each separate, then combined it.  |
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Post by Deb on Dec 12, 2017 16:01:24 GMT -5
an·cil·lar·y
ˈansəˌlerē/
adjective
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providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization, institution, industry, or system.
"the development of ancillary services to support its products"
noun
1.
a person whose work provides necessary support to the primary activities of an organization, institution, or industry.
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Any Shorthand outline ideas? I couldn't find it in the anniversary dictionary under A.
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