Using clear everyday words helps your audience quickly and easily find, understand and use the information you provide.
Everyday words can help make your writing easier to read and help you choose simpler words. Use the Everyday words cheat sheet to find the words to avoid and words to use instead.
Definitions
- mitigate: to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
- pedantic: ostentatious in one’s learning.
- ostentatious: characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others.