Vocab Practice: Dissonant

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This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Feb. 23, 2015.

Let’s do a practice round!

Dissonant means:

A) Not financially secure
B) Not a citizen
C) Not talkative
D) Not in harmony

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Cool Word Challenge: Dissonant and Rove

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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:

Dissonant: Not in agreement; not in harmony; marked by clashing musical sounds.

Rove: To roam; to move aimlessly.

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A Dissonant Masterpiece…

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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…]