Cool Words for Cool Kids
On a May evening in 1913, spectators settled into their seats at the Théatre des Champs-Elysées in Paris to watch the first performance of a new ballet, “The Rite of Spring.”
Everything on stage was different from the classical dance the audience had come to expect.
The dancers’ unusual movements [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:
Missive: A letter or other written message.
Commingle: To mix, blend or combine.
Submit your sentence below. The most creative ones [Read more…]
If you’ve ever heard anyone claim to have “hit pay dirt,” it usually means the person has just become extremely lucky.
This phrase, along with many others we still use today, is a relic of the gold rush era in the mid-1800s, when gold was discovered commingled (see definition and [Read more…]
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Feb. 12, 2015.
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Quiescent means:
A) Timid in nature
B) Marked by inactivity
C) Consumed by worries
D) Performed outdoors
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Feb. 9, 2015.
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Zephyr means:
A) A type of soft fabric
B) A striped object
C) A furry animal
D) A gentle breeze
Long before the days of iPhones and Skype, telegrams were used to carry messages across great distances in a relatively short amount of time.
These brief missives (see definition and hear pronunciation below) ushered in the modern era of rapid communication.
Telegrams were used to send both personal messages and [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:
Zephyr: A gentle breeze.
Quiescent: Marked by inactivity; motionless; causing no trouble.
Submit your sentence below. The most creative ones that [Read more…]
Do you ever feel like you’re running from one activity to another?
Whether you’re a student, a parent or an employee, you may have so much to do that you yearn for more free time.
Most people do engage in some leisure activities. Watching television is the most common, accounting [Read more…]
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Feb. 5, 2015.
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Sylvan means:
A) Characterized by a slippery slope
B) Marked by a colorful plateau
C) Relating to the woods
D) Using a synthetic material
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Feb. 2, 2015.
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Verbose means:
A) Violent
B) Wordy
C) Variable
D) Humorous
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