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Vocabulary Words
Kelly LindsayPd 6 – Mrs Briggs
Profusion & Discourse
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