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3/17/2014 Vocabulary from "D.F.W.'s Favorite Grammarian" - Vocabulary List : Vocabulary.com http://www.vocabulary.com/lists/352291#view=notes 1/4 VOCABULARY LISTS > JUST FOR FUN Vocabulary from "D.F.W.'s Favorite Grammarian" 22 words December 11, 2013 By Vocabulary.com (NY) The novelist David Foster Wallace was obsessed with good writing, and taught students how to write well at two universities. He had his own takes on the timeless debates of grammar, and could hold court on the rather idiosyncratic rationales behind his beliefs. Wallace's Biographer, D.T. Max, profiles the relationship between Wallace and Bryan Gardner, editor of The Dictionary of Modern American Usage, in this New Yorker blog post. D.F.W.’S Favorite Grammarian The New Yorker, December 11, 2013. If you are interested in David Foster Wallace and Grammar, you may want to take a look at this Language Hat post, which offers evidence and analysis which suggests that he didn't quite know what he was talking about. 1. misgiving uneasiness about the fitness of an action EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Interviews with him are full of his misgivings that questions are coming too fast and asking for answers that are too short. 2. impromptu with little or no preparation or forethought EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Yet “Quack This Way” is the fourth posthumous publication of the impromptu oral D.F.W. 3. irony incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs EXAMPLE SENTENCE: An additional irony is that what D.F.W. and Garner, a professor of law at Southern Methodist University whose day job is to teach good writing to lawyers, sit down to talk about is the centrality, the permanence, the almost moral imperative to write well. 4. discursive (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Ask anyone who knew him, and what they remember is his glorious, discursive, impassioned talk. 5. turgid ostentatiously lofty in style EXAMPLE SENTENCE: My guess is that disciplines that are populated by smart, welleducated people who are good readers but are nevertheless characterized by crummy, turgid, verbose, abstruse, abstract, solecismridden prose, are usually part of a discipline where the vector of meaning—as a way to get information or opinion from me to you—versus writing, as a form of dress or speech or style that signals that “I am a member of this group,” gets thrown off.

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  • 3/17/2014 Vocabulary from "D.F.W.'s Favorite Grammarian" - Vocabulary List : Vocabulary.com

    http://www.vocabulary.com/lists/352291#view=notes 1/4

    VOCABULARYLISTS>JUSTFORFUN

    Vocabularyfrom"D.F.W.'sFavoriteGrammarian" 22wordsDecember11,2013 ByVocabulary.com(NY)

    ThenovelistDavidFosterWallacewasobsessedwithgoodwriting,andtaughtstudentshowtowritewellattwouniversities.Hehadhisowntakesonthetimelessdebatesofgrammar,andcouldholdcourtontheratheridiosyncraticrationalesbehindhisbeliefs.Wallace'sBiographer,D.T.Max,profilestherelationshipbetweenWallaceandBryanGardner,editorofTheDictionaryofModernAmericanUsage,inthisNewYorkerblogpost.D.F.W.SFavoriteGrammarianTheNewYorker,December11,2013.IfyouareinterestedinDavidFosterWallaceandGrammar,youmaywanttotakealookatthisLanguageHatpost,whichoffersevidenceandanalysiswhichsuggeststhathedidn'tquiteknowwhathewastalkingabout.

    1.misgivinguneasinessaboutthefitnessofanaction

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    Interviewswithhimarefullofhismisgivingsthatquestionsarecomingtoofastandaskingforanswersthataretooshort.

    2. impromptuwithlittleornopreparationorforethought

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    YetQuackThisWayisthefourthposthumouspublicationoftheimpromptuoralD.F.W.

    3. ironyincongruitybetweenwhatmightbeexpectedandwhatactuallyoccurs

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    AnadditionalironyisthatwhatD.F.W.andGarner,aprofessoroflawatSouthernMethodistUniversitywhosedayjobistoteachgoodwritingtolawyers,sitdowntotalkaboutisthecentrality,thepermanence,thealmostmoralimperativetowritewell.

    4.discursive(ofe.g.speechandwriting)tendingtodepartfromthemainpointorcoverawiderangeofsubjects

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    Askanyonewhoknewhim,andwhattheyrememberishisglorious,discursive,impassionedtalk.

    5. turgidostentatiouslyloftyinstyle

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    Myguessisthatdisciplinesthatarepopulatedbysmart,welleducatedpeoplewhoaregoodreadersbutareneverthelesscharacterizedbycrummy,turgid,verbose,abstruse,abstract,solecismriddenprose,areusuallypartofadisciplinewherethevectorofmeaningasawaytogetinformationoropinionfrommetoyouversuswriting,asaformofdressorspeechorstylethatsignalsthatIamamemberofthisgroup,getsthrownoff.

  • 3/17/2014 Vocabulary from "D.F.W.'s Favorite Grammarian" - Vocabulary List : Vocabulary.com

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    6.verboseusingorcontainingtoomanywords

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    Myguessisthatdisciplinesthatarepopulatedbysmart,welleducatedpeoplewhoaregoodreadersbutareneverthelesscharacterizedbycrummy,turgid,verbose,abstruse,abstract,solecismriddenprose,areusuallypartofadisciplinewherethevectorofmeaningasawaytogetinformationoropinionfrommetoyouversuswriting,asaformofdressorspeechorstylethatsignalsthatIamamemberofthisgroup,getsthrownoff.

    7.abstrusedifficulttopenetrateincomprehensibletooneofordinaryunderstandingorknowledge

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    Myguessisthatdisciplinesthatarepopulatedbysmart,welleducatedpeoplewhoaregoodreadersbutareneverthelesscharacterizedbycrummy,turgid,verbose,abstruse,abstract,solecismriddenprose,areusuallypartofadisciplinewherethevectorofmeaningasawaytogetinformationoropinionfrommetoyouversuswriting,asaformofdressorspeechorstylethatsignalsthatIamamemberofthisgroup,getsthrownoff.

    8.solecismasociallyawkwardortactlessact

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    Myguessisthatdisciplinesthatarepopulatedbysmart,welleducatedpeoplewhoaregoodreadersbutareneverthelesscharacterizedbycrummy,turgid,verbose,abstruse,abstract,solecismriddenprose,areusuallypartofadisciplinewherethevectorofmeaningasawaytogetinformationoropinionfrommetoyouversuswriting,asaformofdressorspeechorstylethatsignalsthatIamamemberofthisgroup,getsthrownoff.

    9.yokelapersonwhoisnotveryintelligentorinterestedinculture

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    WallacesinquirycenteredonGarnersADictionaryofModernAmericanUsage,anewentryintheongoingnationalbattletocommunicatewithoutseeminglikeafool,ayokel,oratoff.

    10.bugabooasourceofconcern

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    TheguideincludedperennialbugabooslikeordoImeansuchas?whetheritwasO.K.toendasentencewithapreposition(yes,fine)andtheadmissibilityofsplitinfinitives(dependsonhowmanywordsseparatetheactualverbanditsbereftpartner).

    11.bereftsorrowfulthroughlossordeprivation

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    TheguideincludedperennialbugabooslikeordoImeansuchas?whetheritwasO.K.toendasentencewithapreposition(yes,fine)andtheadmissibilityofsplitinfinitives(dependsonhowmanywordsseparatetheactualverbanditsbereftpartner).

  • 3/17/2014 Vocabulary from "D.F.W.'s Favorite Grammarian" - Vocabulary List : Vocabulary.com

    http://www.vocabulary.com/lists/352291#view=notes 3/4

    12.proscribecommandagainst

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    Weregrammarianssupposedtoproscribeandprescribe,orjustdescribe?

    13.prescribeissuecommandsorordersfor

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    Weregrammarianssupposedtoproscribeandprescribe,orjustdescribe?

    14.autocraticcharacteristicofanabsoluterulerorabsoluterulehavingabsolutesovereignty

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    D.F.W.foundGarnertheidealmixofinstructorandexplainer,ateacherwiththetruecredentialsofthemodestandinformed,anauthoritynotinanautocraticbutatechnocraticsense.

    15.encomiumaformalexpressionofpraise

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    Withacertainselfandsubjectmockery,hepiledontheencomia.

    16.profferpresentforacceptanceorrejection

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    TheyexchangedbookrecommendationsGarnersuggestedthenineteenthcenturycriticandgrammarauthorityRichardGrantWhite,whileWallaceprofferedhishighlittriadofDeLillo,Gass,andGaddis.

    17. triadasetofthreesimilarthingsconsideredasaunit

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    TheyexchangedbookrecommendationsGarnersuggestedthenineteenthcenturycriticandgrammarauthorityRichardGrantWhite,whileWallaceprofferedhishighlittriadofDeLillo,Gass,andGaddis.

    18. itineranttravelingfromplacetoplacetowork

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    IreachedtheitinerantprofessorbyphonetheotherdayinaD.C.hotelroomheisontheroadtwohundreddaysayearwithhisSisypheanmissionandhetoldmethatheandWallacehadntmetagainuntiltheinterviewfouryearsafterward,butthattheyhadexchangedlettersintheinterim.

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    19.nauseouscausingorabletocausenausea

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    FiveyearshadpassedsinceTensePresent,duringwhichtimeD.F.W.hadgonefromasososchool,IllinoisStateUniversity,toafancyone,PomonaCollege,andstillhespenthisdayscorrectingstudentswhomixedupnauseousandnauseatedandstruggledtowriteclearly.

    20.nauseateupsetandmakenauseated

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    FiveyearshadpassedsinceTensePresent,duringwhichtimeD.F.W.hadgonefromasososchool,IllinoisStateUniversity,toafancyone,PomonaCollege,andstillhespenthisdayscorrectingstudentswhomixedupnauseousandnauseatedandstruggledtowriteclearly.

    21.elanenthusiasticandassuredvigorandliveliness

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    GarnermentionedtomethattheWallacewhopresentedhimselfattheHiltonCheckershotellackedsomeofthelanoftheWallaceofhisearlieracquaintance.

    22.connoteexpressorstateindirectly

    EXAMPLESENTENCE:

    Butthetruthisthatbetweensophisticatedadvertisingandnationallevelpolitics,Iamatalossastowhatpeoplesuseoflanguageisnowmeanttoconveyandconnotetothereceiver.


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