15 Words To Help Make Your Writing Precise and Appealing

Spice up your text to keep your audience glued to the page

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I’m such a word nerd that I keep a list of words and their meanings because they sound cool!

Such a collection may sound dorky to some. But to my fellow writers, I say this: if you’re serious about reaching your readers and want to avoid the same humdrum words, having a modest cache of alternate terms can help keep readers engaged.

Crafting an understandable yet brain-tingling blog is more of a tightrope walk than you might think. You want words that are:

• Familiar, but without readers nodding off in the middle of your article.
• Imaginative, but without readers needing a dictionary every five seconds.
• Fun to read, but without readers’ brains turning to mushy oatmeal.

To be clear, I intrepidly support the . This statute, in summary, means the federal government must use clear writing so their customers, partners, employees, and the public can understand and use their information the first time they read it. For instance, using five words instead of 25 to get the same message across saves time, effort, and resources.