Cool Words for Cool Kids
For most people, Halloween means candy.
And lots of it!
Surveys have shown that the average American trick-or-treater gets about 100 pieces of candy on Halloween night.
Because these sweet treats are loaded with sugar, it’s wise to limit the amount of candy that you eat on the holiday and [Read more…]
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Oct. 15, 2015.
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Tacit means:
A) Delivered with precision
B) Compiled in haste
C) Conveyed with appreciation
D) Expressed without words
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:
Horde: A large group of people.
Skittish: Easily frightened; nervous.
Submit your sentence below. The most creative ones that we receive [Read more…]
When a young horse (also known as a foal) is first exposed to humans, it can be somewhat frightening for the animal.
Even if it is approached slowly and cautiously, a foal may be quite shy around a person.
Experienced horse trainers know how to behave around these skittish (see [Read more…]
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Oct. 12, 2015.
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Veracity means:
A) Timeliness
B) Complexity
C) Truthfulness
D) Symmetry
Washington, DC, has always been a leading tourist attraction in the United States.
Now, there’s an added reason to make a visit to our nation’s capital.
For more than 40 years, people who have gone on tours inside the White House have been prohibited from taking photographs.
That policy has [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:
Veracity: Truthfulness; accuracy.
Tacit: Understood or expressed without words.
Submit your sentence below. The most creative ones that we receive will [Read more…]
Whether we realize it or not, our facial expressions tell a lot about our emotions.
Someone who is feeling sad may wear a frown without even knowing it.
Surprise is often accompanied by wide-open eyes and a gaping mouth.
Perhaps the easiest emotion to read through one’s facial expression is [Read more…]
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Oct. 8, 2015.
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Tome means:
A) A cemetery marker
B) A large or scholarly book
C) A scientific article
D) A sociological essay
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Oct. 5, 2015.
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Pseudonym means:
A) A well-known celebrity
B) A type of reading material
C) A legal challenge
D) A fictitious name
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