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Vocab Practice: Emblematic

August 12, 2014 by Cool Word Club

This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Aug. 4, 2014.

Let’s do a practice round!

Emblematic means:

A) Enumerative
B) Symbolic
C) Fastidious
D) Renowned

August 8, 2014 by Cool Word Club

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:

Emblematic: Serving as a symbol of a particular quality or concept; symbolic.

Capricious: Changing often and quickly; changing suddenly in mood [Read more…]

August 4, 2014 by Cool Word Club

Just as sports teams have mascots, the United States has its own symbol: Uncle Sam.

The name derives from a little-known man named Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from New York.

Wilson fed the US Army with barrels of beef during the War of 1812.

The barrels were stamped “US” [Read more…]

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