Short language is needed to make small headlines and tidy up really lengthy headlines. An important thing to keep in mind though, just because a word is smaller does not necessarily make it a better choice, if it is a word that most people do not understand, it is better to go with a more common word. The goal is always to have the largest possible audience, not all people want to read with a thesaurus handy...
The Book's Ten:
- allocate: give out, hand out
- answer: retort, rejoin
- choose: want, select
- destroy: wreck, break
- quarrel: fight, battle
- examine: review, check out
- former: prior, old
- inform: notify, advise
- nullify: annul, cancel
- resign: leave, pack in
- thwart: block, beat
- devestated: destroyed, wrecked
- engulf: flood, bury
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