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One-Stroke Steno Briefs A-D

Barb DeWitt

The steno words on this list are here because they show up time after time. 
They are popular words, and they often have a brief.


   You don't need to use a brief for them, but you must be able to stroke these words very efficiently.  Here is an easy way to learn them.


1. Stroke them any way you want, but write them with a high degree
of clarity.

2. Use a valid stroke.  You won't
improve if you don't even know the correct stroke.  Get out
that dictionary.

3.  Look for words that constantly give you trouble.  Change the
brief or the outline that you use.

4. Run through this list once a day for a week.  At the end of the
week, delete all of the words that you absolutely know.


5. Repeat Step 4 over and over until you have removed the majority of
the words. 

6. The remaining words are all very hard for you to remember or to
stroke.  Change their outlines, and repeat Step 4 again.


Abandon, abdomen, ability, able, abort, abortion, about, above, abrupt, accelerate, acceleration, accept, acceptability, acceptable, accident, accidental, account, action, active, actual, actuality, adapt, adaptability, adaptable, adaptation, addition, additional, address, admit, adopt, adoption, adult, advance, advantage, advertisement, advertise, affect, affection, affidavit, affirm, afford, affordable, afraid, after, afternoon, again, against, agency, agent, ago, agree, agreeable, agreed, aircraft, airplane, airport, alarm, alcohol, alcoholic, allege, allegation, allow, allowable, almost, already, also, alternate, always, amend, amendment, America, among, amount, anal, analysis, and/or, announce, announcement, annoy, annoyance, annual, answer, answerable, anybody, anymore, anyone, anything, anywhere, apartment, appellant, appellate, applicability, applicable, apply, approach, appropriate, appropriation, approval, approve, approximate, April, area, argue, argument, Arizona, Arkansas, around, arthritis, arthritic, article, assert, assertion, assess, assessment, assist, assistance, assistant, associate, association, assume, assumption, attach, attachment, attempt, attend, attest, attract, attraction, August, automatic, automobile, autopsy, availability, available, aver, average, aversion, avoid, avoidable,

 

Backache, background, bailiff, ballistic, balloon, ballot, bankrupt, bankruptcy, beautiful, become, began, begin, behave, behavior, behind, behold, being, belief, believability, believable, believe, believer, belittle, belong, below, beneath, beneficial, benefit, berate, bereave, bereavement, bereft, beside, better, betterment, between, beverage, beyond, bias, bilateral, billion, biology, bloodstream, body, bottom, bother, boulevard, boyfriend, brother, brother-in-law, brotherly, bucket, buffer, budget, building, builder, bullet, burglar, burglarize, burglary, bushel, busy, business, 

 

Cannot, capacity, capricious, caption, carafe, career, careful,  carriage, casement, casket,  casual, casualty, category, cautious, cautiously, cavern, cement, central, centralization, centralize, century, ceramic, cerebral, certain, certainly, certainty, chairman, chairperson, challenge, changeable, channel, character, characterize, chemical, chemist, circuit, circumstance, civil, civilization, civilize, clearance, clearness, clerical, clever, cleverly, climate, coffee, coffin, coincidence, coincidental, collaborate, collaboration, collate, collateral, colleague, collect, collection, college, collide, collision, collude, collusion, combat, combination, combine, combust, combustible, combustion, comeback, comfort, comfortable, command, comment, commerce, commercial, commercialize, commission, commit, committee, commode, common, commonality, commonly, commonwealth, commotion, commune, communicable, communication, community, companion, company, comparable, compare, comparison, compartment, compass, compassion, compatibility, compatible, compensate, compensation, compete, competence, competent, competition, compile, complain, complaint, complete, completion, complex, complexion, compliance, compliant, complicity, compliment, comply, component, comport, compose, composition, composure, compound, compress, compression, comprise, compromise, compulsion, compunction, compute, computer, computerize, comrade, concern, condition, conditional, conduct, conduction, confer, conference, confidence, confident, confidential, congress, congressional, connect, connection, conscious, consequent, consequential, consider, considerable, consideration, consist, consistent, constitution, constitutional, construct, construction, contact, continual, continuation, continue, contract, contraction, contrary, contribute, contribution, control, conversation, convict, conviction, convince, cooperate, cooperation, coordinate, coordination, corporate, corporation, correct, correction, correlate, correlation, correspondence, correspondent, corroboration, corrode, corrosion, corrupt, corruptible, corruption, counsel, country, county, couple, courage, courthouse, court reporter, courtroom, cousin, cover, coverage, covert, coward, credential, credibility, credible, credit, criminal, cross-examination, cross-examine, crosswalk, crucial, curable, curious, curiously, currency, current, custom, customer, customary

 

Dabble, damage, dangerous, dashboard, daughter, daughter-in-law, deafen, debilitate, debilitation, debtor, debug, decease, decedent, December, decency, decent, deception, decide, decision, defeat, defection, defend, defendant, defense, defer, deference, deferential, deferment, deficient, deficit, define, definite, definitely, definition, deform, deformity, degrade, degree, delay, delete, deletion, deliberate, deliberation, delicious, delight, delineate, delineation, delinquency, delinquent, deliver, deliverable, deliver, delude, delusion, deluxe, demand, demean, demented, demerit, demise, democracy, democrat, demonstrate, demonstration, demoralize, demotion, demur, denial, denomination, denote, deny, denial, depart, department, departmental, departmentalize, depend, dependability, dependable, dependence, dependency, dependent, depict, depiction, deplane, deplete, depletion, deplorable, deplore, deploy, deployment, depo, deponent, deport, deportation, deportment, depose, deposit, deposition, deprave, depravity, depress, depression, deprive, deputy, derail, derange, deride, derive, describe, description, design, designation, desire, desirable, desirability, detective, develop, diagnose, diagnosis, diction, didn't differ, difference, different, differently, difficult, dimension, diminish, diploma, direct, direct examination, direction, discover, disease, district, distinguish, distribute, distribution, distinct, district, divide, division, divorce, docket, document, documentation, domestic, doubtful, drastic, drivable, driven, drive-in, driveway, durability, durable, duress, during, duty


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