Vocab Practice: Extol

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This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Sept. 21, 2015.

Let’s do a practice round!

Extol means:

A) To threaten
B) To coddle
C) To chastise
D) To praise

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Cool Word Challenge: Extol and Revere

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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:

Extol: To praise enthusiastically.

Revere: To regard with respect and awe.

Submit your sentence below. The most creative ones that we receive will be published on our site!

Do You Like to Be Extolled?

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Whether we’re in the classroom or on the ball field, teachers and coaches are invaluable to us.

They help us to learn new skills and improve our performance.

However, not all teachers and coaches convey their knowledge in the same way.

Some tend to focus more on what we’re doing wrong when we try a new activity.

Other teachers and coaches take a more supportive approach and extol (see definition and hear pronunciation below) our attempts, even if we still have room for improvement!

Cool word question of the day: Do you think that it’s more important to extol or to correct a person who is learning a new skill?

Extol: To praise enthusiastically.

Click here to hear a pronunciation of extol.

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