Writing – Page 2 – Lauri Hawley

Detestation: Wednesday Words

This is an oldie but a goodie I came across in a quote from Thomas Goodwin, an English Puritan theologian and preacher who lived in the 1600s.

Intransigence: Wednesday Words

I came upon this jewel reading an Associated Press news article about Tigris and Euphrates water use and climate change, together bringing drought to farmers downstream (November 18, 2022).

Parsimonious: Wednesday Words

I ran across this word while reading Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers by Dane Ortlund.

“While” Writing

“While” requires two or more things occuring at the same time.

Capacious: Wednesday Words

As a youngster, I had a capacious playground around our house that spread from under trees and through cornfields, and along a woodland creek that meandered through cow pastures.

Erudite: Wednesday Words

I must say that I am nonerudite about a great many things, even things I once knew.