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Monday Muddle: Tudor, tutor

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If you see a sign for “Tutoring”, someone is offering to help you with your academic pursuits. If you see a sign for “Tudoring”, that could possibly be an offer for historical reenactments or house renovations.

Monday Muddle: Tudor: (adjective) referring to the Royal dynasty that reigned in England from 1485 until 1603; (noun) a member of the Tudor family; a style of architecture that was prevalent during the Tudor period, known to some as half-timbered houses tutor: (noun) a private teacher usually teaching one or a small number of students; (verb) to teach one or a small number of students outside a traditional classroom setting

Monday Muddle: wary, weary

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If you are weary of a situation, you are tired of it. You want to be done with it. If you are wary of a situation, you are paying close attention.

Monday Muddle wary: (adjective) cautious; aware of possible problems; having realistic suspicions; vigilant; alert; watchful weary: (adjective) tired; exhausted; fatigued; sleepy; lacking energy

Monday Muddle: exacerbate, exasperate

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You exacerbate a situation, and you exasperate a person–potentially because you exacerbated a situation.

Monday Muddle: exacerbate: (verb) to make a negative situation worse; to increase the severity of a problem; to aggravate; to complicate exasperate: (verb) to cause someone to lose patience; to frustrate; to aggravate; to irritate; to annoy

Monday Muddle: backlist, backlog

LC April 4, 2022 March 30, 2022 Monday Muddle

It is better for an author to create a backlist than to create a backlog.

Monday Muddle: backlist: (noun) an author’s or publisher’s list of older titles that are still available; books that are not new releases backlog: (noun) (general) an accumulation of unfinished tasks or unfilled orders; (project management) list of what needs to be done to complete a project

Monday Muddle: lyre, liar

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Monday Muddle: lyre: (noun) a stringed instrument, typically made in a U shape with a crossbar at the opening on which strings are attached; often compared to a harp liar: (noun) a person who does not tell the truth; someone who tells lies

Monday Muddle: wit, whit

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Monday Muddle: wit: (noun) intelligence; mental sharpness; often used when describing someone who has quick and funny responses Used in the expression "to wit". whit: (noun) a tiny amount; a small part NOT used in the expression "to wit". to wit: (adverb) in other words; namely; that is to say

Monday Muddle: conscious, conscience

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Monday Muddle: conscious: (adjective) aware of a situation or of one's surroundings; awake; alert conscience: (noun) inner thoughts or feelings that lead you to speak or act in a way that is in keeping with your beliefs; an inner sense of right and wrong

The noun form of the adjective conscious is consciousness. That is what you would regain if you had been asleep, knocked out, or in a coma. Hopefully you will never lose your conscience, and therefore you won’t need to regain it.

Monday Muddle: lose, loose

LC February 28, 2022 February 1, 2022 Monday Muddle

Monday Muddle: lose: (verb) be unable to find; not succeed against competition; cease to have or retain loose: (adjective) not tight; not firmly attached; not clearly defined; promiscuous; (verb) release; liberate; set free

Monday Muddle: peel, peal

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Monday Muddle: peel: (noun) the outer layer of a fruit or vegetable; (verb) to remove the outer layer of a fruit or vegetable Used in the expression "to keep your eyes peeled". peal: (noun) a loud ringing of bells; a loud, sustained or repeated sound, such as thunder or laughter; (verb) to ring loudly NOT used in the expression "to keep your eyes peeled".

Monday Muddle: apart, a part

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Monday Muddle: apart: (adjective)(adverb) not together; separated; at a distance a part: (indefinite article + noun) a piece; some but not all; one of multiple components that form a whole

These terms are basically opposites of each other. One means not together; the other indicates that it goes together with at least one additional part. If you are including either term in love notes to your sweetheart, you are going to want to get it right.

Memory Tip: The term without a space–where the letters are all together–is the one that means not together.