3️⃣ cruel

💠 modes:
[HINT] — finish the word: bar... ;
✅ barbaric is the correct word.
[50/50] - abominable <OR> beneficent ❓
✅ abominable is the correct synonym.

🔖 Suggestions: inhumane, ruthless .

4️⃣ lazy

💠 modes:
[HINT] — finish the word: let... ;
✅ lethargic is the correct word.
[50/50] - sluggish < OR > negligible ❓
✅ sluggish is the correct synonym.

🔖 Suggestions: unindustrious, lackadaisical .

5️⃣ wordy

💠 modes:
[HINT] — finish the word: ram... ;
✅ rambling is the correct word.
[50/50] - loquacious < OR > hoary ❓
✅ loquacious is the correct synonym.

🔖 Suggestions: garrulous, repetitive .

✍️ Word of the Day 📎

Etymology
From the Old French obeissance, meaning "obedience".

🔗 Transitions (speaking) 🔗

Benefits➕:
✏️ Become a more persuasive writer ;
🎤 Give more engaging talks and presentations ;
⛓ Learn new transitions to connect complex ideas .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Select the transition that logically connects the two sentences.

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The questions will be available in text form.

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Select the transition that logically connects the two sentences.

1️⃣ The Svalbard Global Seed Vault near the Arctic circle aims to collect every variety of crop seed. ___________ , it has more than 150,000 types of wheat alone.

🚩 For example, ... ;
🚩 Equally, ... .

2️⃣ Since 2005, marine mammals have returned to London's Thames river. ___________ , it was too polluted to support life.

🚩 Currently, ... ;
🚩 Previously, ... .

3️⃣ Sand mandalas are designs of colored sand that are wiped away once complete. ___________ , ice sculptures are made in the knowledge that they will eventually melt.

🚩 In the same way, ... ;
🚩 Even so, ... .

4️⃣ Iceland grows about 2 inches per year as two tectonic plates drift. ___________ , Britain is shrinking because of erosion.

🚩 In contrast, ... ;
🚩 In addition, ... .

5️⃣ Dutch colonization of Mauritius in the 1600s led to the decline of the native dodo bird. ___________ , the dodo is extinct.

🚩 Currently, ... ;
🚩 Previously, ... .

✍️ Word of the Day 📎

Etymology
From the Latin parodia, meaning "a satirical poem or song".

💪 Exercise of the Day 💪

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🔄 Word Swap (writing) 🔄

Benefits➕:
❎ ✅ Stop mixing up commonly confused words ;
📄✔️ Eliminate distracting errors in your writing .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Decide if the highlighted words are to be SWAPPED or KEPT in given sentences.

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3️⃣ The newspaper staff was [ unanimous ] in its decision that it would keep the story's source [ anonymous ] .

KEEP ✅ or SWAP 🔄 the words?

KEEP ✅
TIP: Anonymous means "not named or identified", while unanimous means "agreed to by everyone".

✔️ The newspaper staff was unanimous in its decision that it would keep the story's source anonymous .

4️⃣ The German-born professor's thick [ ascent ] didn't impede his [ accent ] to chair of the American university's English department.

KEEP ✅ or SWAP 🔄 the words?

SWAP 🔄
TIP: An accent is "a distinctive way of pronouncing words, while an ascent is "an upward movement".

✔️ The German-born professor's thick accent didn't impede his ascent to chair of the American university's English department.