Vocabulary Words Kelly Lindsay Pd 6 – Mrs Briggs Profusion & Discourse.

Vocabulary Words

Kelly LindsayPd 6 – Mrs Briggs

Profusion & Discourse

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DiscourseDefinition: lengthy discussion in writing or speech

Synonyms: Discussion, dialogue, chat

Antonyms: quiet, silence

Discourse

Stem: 1325 – 1375 Middle English

Sentence in text: pg 104 ‘A kind of excellent dumb discourse, William!’

Famous example: ‘Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man’ – Benjamin Franklin


ProfusionDictionary definition: Plentiful amount

Synonyms: copiousness, bounty, excess

Antonyms: scarcity

Profusion

Sentence in text: pg 79 ‘ Streaming past in infinite profusion’

Stem: 1535 – 1345 Latin

Famous example: ‘Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendour is not beauty.’ – Benjamin Disraeli


Vocabulary Words Kelly Lindsay Pd 6 – Mrs Briggs Profusion & Discourse.

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