Cool Words for Cool Kids
Basketball is one of the most exciting sports there is—whether you’re watching it or playing it.
It’s also one of the most dangerous sports for both boys and girls.
Sprained ankles are among the most common injuries that occur on basketball courts.
A significant number of players are also affected [Read more…]
Cool Word Challenge: Just for fun, come up with one sentence that uses both of the cool vocabulary words that you learned this week.
Here are the words again:
Polyglot: A person who knows several languages; multilingual.
Manifold: Numerous and varied; using similar devices at the same time.
Submit your [Read more…]
If you like classical music, then you probably enjoy the magnificent sounds of an orchestra.
Orchestras first came into being way back in the 18th century. Over the years, they have grown in size. Most contemporary orchestras have 40 to 100 or more instruments.
Orchestras have four main sections: The [Read more…]
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on May 7, 2015.
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Clairvoyant means:
A) The ability to see into the future
B) A lack of expertise
C) The most charming
D) A shimmering appearance
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on May 4, 2015.
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Garbled means:
A) Tightly packed
B) Vividly colored
C) Grotesque
D) Incomprehensible
Traveling to a foreign country can be lots of fun—especially if you speak the language that is used there.
In surveys, about 20% of Americans describe themselves as bilingual compared with 56% of Europeans.
Now, researchers are discovering even more advantages to being a polyglot (see definition and hear pronunciation [Read more…]
Cool Word Challenge: Just for fun, come up with one sentence that uses both of the cool vocabulary words that you learned this week.
Here are the words again:
Garbled: Distorted; misleading; incomprehensible.
Clairvoyant: The ability to see into the future or have knowledge of things not present to the [Read more…]
Would you like to know what will happen in the future?
Some people believe that it’s possible by peering into a crystal ball.
These individuals say that a practice known as crystal-gazing allows them to see images that help them foretell future events.
Of course, there’s no scientific evidence showing [Read more…]
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on April 30, 2015.
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Soporific means:
A) Occurring early in the day
B) Tending to cause sleep
C) Located indoors
D) Filled with energy
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on April 27, 2015.
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Anodyne means:
A) Generally considered wholesome
B) Relating to outer space
C) Not likely to offend anyone
D) Taken to an extreme
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