Its okay I'll make everything alright

Now you may be a bit down or have some work that you could use some help with or just generally want someone to make things better. Well that is why I am here to:

Ameliorate

the situation. This is a rather useful verb meaning to make things better or improve something. I enjoy its use because of the wonderful melody it creates on saying it and the way you can slip it into many and varied conversations. For instance you could even use it in such an every day sentence as 'you could ameliorate that sandwich by adding a little mayonnaise' or 'if you add error bars to your graph it will ameliorate the results by vindicating them'. Also remember something can be ameliorable as well, i.e. an ameliorable guide that makes finding the best bars easy.

So there you go one small(ish) verb to make everything better.

Ed

I'm not boasting or anything but . . .

You may remember talk of hubris nature, well now we take quite the opposite tack almost shy or:

Demure

This is an adjective meaning shyness and modesty. For instance 'why are you being so demure about this, it is quite an achievement'. What I quite like about this word though is its additional use as a synonym for sober or somber i.e. 'you're looking awfully demure tonight'.

You may be wondering why I am drawing this word to your attention, it is neither long nor exotic to be fair it is rather dowdy. However, therein lies the point. The drab way in which it rolls off the tongue mirrors the retreated meaning of the word.

So I leave you in hope that you will be demure in triumph, not in the pub.

Ed

Tip Top

Ever wondered what is at the very top, that summit, that culmination of a crest?

Zenith

This is the highest point or peak. Alternatively it is the opposite of nadir, the road below your feet. Making the zenith the celestial point above your head.

Now you may be thinking great a nice new noun with a z but how do I use it? For once this is a word you can throw into your every day vernacular as an easy replacement for top with great effect. An example could be 'Do you think Rooney has passed the zenith of his career?' or 'I am going to strive to get to the zenith of my potential'. Admittedly it does sound a bit weird though if you ask someone to get you a book from the 'zenith shelf'. But a meeting at the zenith of the stairs does have an air of class.

So remember keep yourself away from the nadir, also known as the point of greatest despair, and moving on up towards your own personal zenith.

Ed

A Change of mind

I've decided to not let this blog die a death through negligence. In a turn of serendipity this change of mind brought me to another adroit word with which to kick things back off again:
Caprice
This is an unpredictable change in weather or mind. Now, you maybe be thinking I've heard that before but not sure where. Well on occasion it is used as a girl's name or probably better known as a car name (Holden or Chevrolet). These uses amuse me, especially imagining in the moments after a girl's berth a mother rather than going for her original choice of Anna suddenly and ironically changing her mind to Caprice.Still for use in an everyday scenario you could comment on someone's constant mind changing as 'Danny is so caprice; he changes his mind without reason or rhyme'. Alternatively on response to someone's change of mind 'Do you have any reason for that decision, or are you just being totally caprice about this?'. Of course there is also the use I get away with most to do with the weather. 'You best take a coat and umbrella with you, it may be sunny now but don't forget the caprice nature of weather in England'.
So here begins again our journey through words just be wary of a change of weather or mind.
Ed