Cool Words for Cool Kids
You might think that flying is a bird’s most remarkable feat.
But the African Grey Parrot is capable of even more.
These beautiful, highly intelligent birds are best known as “talking parrots.”
Believe it or not, some African Gray Parrots can learn more than 1,000 words!
It’s hard to imagine [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:
Gubernatorial: Relating to the governor of a U.S. state.
Ovation: An enthusiastic show of public approval, often in the form of [Read more…]
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When an audience applauds at the end of a play, concert or some other public performance, [Read more…]
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Oct. 29, 2015.
Let’s do a practice round!
Don means:
A) To contradict
B) To put on
C) To hide
D) To tease
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Oct. 26, 2015.
Let’s do a practice round!
Ingurgitate means:
A) To enthusiastically seek out
B) To travel aimlessly
C) To increase exponentially
D) To swallow in large quantities
These days, you can’t pick up a newspaper or turn on the TV without hearing about presidential politics.
But Americans won’t be going to the polls to elect a new president until 2016.
This year, however, there will be “off-year” elections on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
In some areas, candidates will [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:
Ingurgitate: To swallow greedily or in large quantities.
Don: To put on, as in clothing or a hat.
Submit your sentence [Read more…]
Some Halloween costumes are traditional favorites.
Whether you’re headed to a Halloween party or hitting the streets to go trick-or-treating, you’re likely to see lots of witches, ghosts and even puffy, orange outfits that look like pumpkins.
This year, you’ll probably also see plenty of superheroes. Google has announced that [Read more…]
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Oct. 22, 2015.
Let’s do a practice round!
Skittish means:
A) Somewhat rambunctious
B) Relatively young
C) Easily frightened
D) Small in size
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Oct. 19, 2015.
Let’s do a practice round!
Horde means:
A) A noisy person
B) A large group
C) A political committee
D) An aggressive onlooker
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