words and keeping up with them. I've even been strictly argus-eyed viewing this article, every new word was copied down into my regular journal but I've got a few other composition books I can use too. Great topic. However, I am not as old as most of the people who have commented here. Therefor instead of praising you, I have a few question. Firstly I am a trilingual male who speaks Russian and Armenian on top of English. When I was a bit younger still in college I used to used word that were common word however when ever I used it around my friend I would have to end up defining the word for them because it was too big for them to comprehend. As time passed I got tired of explaining what everything meant and dumbed down my vocabulary, and now I find myself forgetting the word that I already knew. Since I speak 3 languages, a lot of times I find myself searching for a word because I either have the Russian version in my head or the Armenian. So my questions are, how should I maintain the vocabulary I have without forgetting then because am surrounded by vocabulary challenged people? And secondly since Russian and Armenian are richer languages then English what can I do to remember the English word rather then rack my brain searching to the english equivalent. One of my high school English teachers had an interesting game he showed us students. He