
This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on July 22, 2013.
Let’s do a practice round!
Somnolent means:
A) Generous in spirit
B) A somber notification
C) An echoing sound
D) Likely to induce sleep
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This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on July 22, 2013.
Let’s do a practice round!
Somnolent means:
A) Generous in spirit
B) A somber notification
C) An echoing sound
D) Likely to induce sleep

Wow, talk about rainy weather!
Mobile, Alabama, was recently named the rainiest city in the US. When weather experts analyzed annual rainfall amounts over a 30-year period, Mobile topped the list. Each year, this city receives an average of 67 inches of rainfall and logs an average of 59 rainy days per year.
In general, Southeastern cities are among the rainiest locations in the US due to the influence of warm waters from the Gulf of Mexico.
Rainy days tend to make some people somnolent (see definition and hear pronunciation below) and lazy. What do you like to do on rainy days?
Cool word vocabulary question of the day: When do you tend to have somnolent spells?
SOMNOLENT: Likely to induce sleep, drowsy.
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