How to Improve Vocabulary in Writing (Without Sounding Unnatural)

Your best vocabulary list comes from your own drafts: words you misuse once and then repeat. Define them in your own sentence, not from a dictionary alone.

“Very important meeting” becomes weaker than “decision meeting” or “budget approval call.” Strong nouns and verbs carry tone better than stacks of intensifiers.

Examiners and managers reward natural phrasing, “heavy rain,” “meet a deadline,” “pose a risk”, more than obscure synonyms that almost fit.