This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on May 12, 2014.
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Copious means:
A) Slow-moving
B) Loud
C) Deficient
D) Plentiful
Some Ubiquitous Brands!
May 19, 2014 by
Coca-Cola, Starbucks, McDonald’s and Apple–all are American brands, right?
Actually, these and many other brands have become ubiquitous (see definition and hear pronunciation below) throughout the globe today.
Starbucks had about 18,000 international stores last year and plans to open at least 600 more this year–just in China!
Meanwhile, McDonald’s has adapted many of its menu offerings to customers around the globe.
One example is the McRice Burger in Singapore, which places the hamburger patty between two rice cakes rather than on a bun.
Now, that’s a truly international offering!
Cool word vocabulary question of the day: Can you think of anything else–a movie, book or game–that is ubiquitous?
Ubiquitous: Existing or being everywhere at the same time; widespread.
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Cool Word Challenge: Copious and Quixotic
May 16, 2014 by
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:
Copious: Abundant; plentiful; profuse in words.
Quixotic: Exceedingly idealistic; extravagantly romantic; unrealistic and impractical.
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A Quixotic Twitter Challenge!
May 15, 2014 by
How many tweets would it take to put an entire book on Twitter?
In 2010, fans of the famous Spanish novel Don Quixote de la Mancha, by Miguel de Cervantes, decided to find out.
Widely considered to be one of the most influential works of literature, Don Quixote is the story of an idealistic but foolish knight in the 1600s.
A nonprofit group, called the Twijote project, set out to publish the entire first volume of the book–470 pages!–on Twitter. It required about 8,000 tweets to do so.
Some believed the project was as quixotic (see definition and hear pronunciation below) as the hero of the novel himself.
But Pablo Lopez, the web designer from Spain who dreamed up the project, said: “The idea is to show that culture can exist in social media.”
Cool word vocabulary question of the day: Can something that seems quixotic at first actually be useful?
Quixotic: Exceedingly idealistic; extravagantly romantic; unrealistic and impractical.
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Vocab Practice: Intelligentsia
May 14, 2014 by
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on May 8, 2014.
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Intelligentsia means:
A) A group of intelligent people
B) A group of resourceful animals
C) A group of privileged individuals
D) A group of well-paid employees
Vocab Practice: Toothsome
May 13, 2014 by
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on May 5, 2014.
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Toothsome means:
A) Expensive
B) Tasty
C) Fierce
D) Hard to bite
Some Copious Chatting!
May 12, 2014 by
For centuries, tourists and adventure-seekers have sought out the Blarney Stone in Ireland.
The stone, located at Blarney Castle near Cork, is shrouded in legend.
Myths suggest that anyone who kisses the stone will suddenly have the “gift of the gab,” or the ability to become a copious (see definition and hear pronunciation below) talker.
For all its intrigue and popularity, the origins of the stone have long been disputed.
For years, it was thought the mystical block of limestone came from Stonehenge in England or was sent over from Scotland in 1314 as a battle trophy.
Geologists at the University of Glasgow, however, have recently tested the stone and found it to be “100% Irish”!
Cool word vocabulary question of the day: Can you think of anything you’ve observed today that is copious in number?
Copious: Abundant; plentiful; profuse in words.
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Cool Word Challenge: Toothsome and Intelligentsia
May 9, 2014 by
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:
Toothsome: Tasty or delicious.
Intelligentsia: A group of intelligent, highly educated people.
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The Intelligentsia at Work
May 8, 2014 by
Words often flow easily between different cultures and languages.
For example, the word intelligentsia (see definition and hear pronunciation below) was first used in the mid-1800s to describe educated professionals found within Russian society.
Comprised of scientists, professors, writers and other intellectual elites, the intelligentsia orchestrated significant achievements in a variety of fields.
Now, the word intelligentsia has also become a part of the English language!
Cool word vocabulary question of the day: What kind of people or professions do you think make up the intelligentsia today?
Intelligentsia: A group of intelligent, highly educated people.
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Vocab Practice: Probity
May 7, 2014 by
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on May 1, 2014.
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Probity means:
A) Having a large staff
B) Having long tenure
C) Having a high level of education
D) Having strong moral principles
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