Vocab Practice: Luminary

luminary-vocabulary-practiceThis word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on June 30, 2014.

Let’s do a practice round!

Luminary means:

A) A person who is political
B) A person who comes from a powerful family
C) A person who influences or inspires others
D) A person who is involved in [Read more…]

Cool Word Challenge: Luminary and Ardent

Cool Word Challenge Luminary and Ardent

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:

Luminary: A person of prominence in a particular field, especially one who inspires or influences others.

Ardent: Passionate; devoted.
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A Literary Luminary’s Legacy…

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The words composed by poets and writers are often their greatest legacy.

But for Maya Angelou, who died last month, her actions on behalf of civil rights will live on alongside her writing.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1928, Angelou later moved to a heavily segregated town in Arkansas, [Read more…]