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Twofer - onerous and peruse

I was inspired by the excerpt from my last entry to add two more words (those British authors sure have a way with words).

onerous - burdensome; difficult; wearing; tiring

perusal - studying something carefully

I do know what perusal means, but I’ll swallow my pride and admit that I used to have it wrong. The context in which I often saw peruse used was something along the lines of “I perused the magazine.”, which I assumed to mean the act of casually skimming through; that’s the way I usually read magazines. Instead it means the exact opposite. Charlotte Bronte had it right.

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2 Responses to “Twofer - onerous and peruse”

  1. Kylie Batt Says:
    April 11th, 2010 at 5:02 pm

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    May 12th, 2010 at 11:49 pm

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