Cool Words for Cool Kids
If you love music, then chances are the sounds you appreciate have a rich and varied history.
Much of today’s popular music is influenced by instruments and musical sounds that were used in ancient cultures.
A lot of current pop music from South America, for example, is influenced by the [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:
Sacrosanct: Sacred; inviolable.
Burnish: To make shiny by rubbing; polish.
Submit your sentence below. The most creative ones that we receive [Read more…]
The practice of making pottery first originated within ancient civilizations as a means of storing and transporting food.
Made from clay, a natural product containing decomposed rock, pottery is created by using one’s hands to mold and shape the material. It is then dried and heated at high temperatures so [Read more…]
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Aug. 13, 2015.
Let’s do a practice round!
Egregious means:
A) Conspicuously bad
B) Well-liked
C) Middle-aged
D) Frequently secretive
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Aug. 10, 2015.
Let’s do a practice round!
Malevolent means:
A) Frugal
B) Malicious
C) Compassionate
D) Humorous
The burial tombs of ancient Egyptians have provided us with great insights into their way of life.
These tombs were filled with sacred objects that were believed to be necessary for the dead to use in the afterlife.
These sacrosanct (see definition and hear pronunciation below) objects demonstrate the ancient [Read more…]
The Cool Word Club is on summer vacation this week.
We’ll resume our daily posts on Monday, Aug. 24.
Until then, keep your eye out for any cool new words you might come across!
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
Malevolent: Having or showing ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious.
Egregious: Conspicuously bad; flagrant.
Submit your sentence below. The most [Read more…]
The 1920s era, often referred to as the “Roaring Twenties,” is a particularly notable time period in American society.
While enormous changes were occurring in the cultural landscape and economy, organized crime also became widespread.
Al Capone, one of the most notorious criminal leaders of the time, was known for [Read more…]
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Aug. 6, 2015.
Let’s do a practice round!
Proscribe means:
A) To suggest
B) To alter
C) To prohibit
D) To donate
The CWC supports DonorsChoose.org.
You can, too!
We're looking for the coolest of the cool words! Nominate and vote on words. See which ones your friends like best.
>> Winners Circle
Got something important to say? Send us your essays. Your work may be chosen as a guest blog for this website. 
What?! A store for logophiles? That's right - just click on the logo to the right and you'll see all of the cool stuff we've got waiting for you!
Vote for your favorite word and see which words your friends think are cool!