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Vague Word<\/strong><\/th>\nStronger Alternative<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
a lot<\/td>\nmany, numerous, countless<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bad<\/td>\ndetrimental, harmful, negative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
big<\/td>\nsignificant, substantial, considerable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
change<\/td>\nalter, modify, transform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
do<\/td>\nperform, execute, carry out<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
environment<\/td>\nsetting, surroundings, context<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
everyone<\/td>\nall people, the majority, most individuals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
feel<\/td>\nperceive, sense, experience<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
get<\/td>\nreceive, obtain, acquire, possess<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
good<\/td>\nbeneficial, advantageous, effective<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
interesting<\/td>\nengaging, captivating, compelling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
know<\/td>\nunderstand, recognize, comprehend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
much \/ many<\/td>\na considerable amount of, many<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
nowadays or in today’s world<\/td>\ncurrently<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
nice<\/td>\npleasant, enjoyable, agreeable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
many<\/td>\nnumerous, countless, a variety of, (or a specific number)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
really<\/td>\ngenuinely, truly, markedly, significantly,\u00a0 notably<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
shows<\/td>\ndemonstrates, illustrates, reveals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
small<\/td>\nminor, slight, negligible<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
things<\/td>\naspects, elements, factors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
usually<\/td>\ntypically, generally, customarily<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
very<\/td>\nextremely, particularly, exceedingly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
use<\/td>\nutilize, employ, apply<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vague Word Stronger Alternative a lot many, numerous, countless bad detrimental, harmful, negative big significant, substantial, considerable change alter, modify, transform do perform, execute, carry out environment setting, surroundings, context everyone all people, the majority, most individuals feel perceive, sense, experience get receive, obtain, acquire, possess good beneficial, advantageous, effective interesting engaging, captivating, compelling know […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":376,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resources-for-freshmen","post-preview"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=967"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":969,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967\/revisions\/969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/writingcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}