20 Feb Words of the Week – Strengthening your vocabulary

Everyday here at Market Avenue Limited we like to bring to your attention a Word of the Day #WOTD!

A wide vocabulary strengthens your message and helps to form an effective copywriting strategy for marketing activities, materials and campaign call to actions.

Here’s this weeks selection.

Perambulate

To walk about, walk or stroll around an area, especially in inspecting or examining.

e.g. My job was to perambulate the area and record the different species of butterfly.

Peripatetic

A person who travels from place to place, in particular to carry out work.

e.g. The supply teachers are generally peripatetic.

e.g. The nature of military life is peripatetic.

Jaunt

A short trip or excursion, especially for pleasure.

e.g. I had a pleasant jaunt to the coast yesterday.

Dawdle

To move slowly, too slowly for that which is necessary. To waste time and fall behind.

e.g. “If we dawdle we’ll miss the start of the film.”

 Traipse

To walk heavily or tiredly, trudge, tramp or gad about.

e.g. I had to traipse all around the shopping centre to find what I wanted.