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Word of the Day: Harbinger
A harbinger is someone or something that indicates something terrible will happen soon.
After the massive earthquake and tsunami in Thailand a few years ago, most people now know that if the ocean along the coast suddenly recedes, it could be a harbinger of a coming tsunami, and they should run for the hills.
As a less severe example, if the sky starts to cloud over, it may be a good time to end your picnic and head for home because the clouds could be a harbinger of a coming storm.
It’s not a lot of fun to have a picnic in the rain.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least an 8th-grade education (age 13 – 14).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 65.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.