Word of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. . It’s a fun way to improve vocabulary by learning new words every week. To participate, simply do a post with your word and leave a link to it as a comment on Heena’s WOW post wanderlust\noun\won-der-luhst   1. a strong desire to travel. 2. strong longing for or impulse toward wandering Examples Wanderlust has led him to many different parts of the world.  a man consumed by wanderlust Origin early 20th century: from German Wanderlust . If you would like to check out more interesting … Continue reading Word of the Week (WOW) 26th July, 2015

Word of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. . It’s a fun way to improve vocabulary by learning new words every week.       sempiternal \ adjective\ sem-pi-ˈtər-nəl \ 1. eternal and unchanging; everlasting. 2. of never-ending duration Examples: 1. “the sempiternal sadness of the industrial background” 2. “And the future was something she dare not think about, since a future that didn’t contain Tony promised nothing but sempiternal guilt.”  –Val McDermid THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002) Origin late Middle English: from Old French sempiternel or late Latin sempiternalis, from Latin sempiternus, from semper … Continue reading Word of the Week (WOW) 19th July,2015

Word of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. . It’s a fun way to improve vocabulary by learning new words every week. To participate, simply do a post with your word and leave a link to it as a comment on Heena’s WOW post     jocund\adjective\ˈjō-(ˌ)kənd 1. cheerful 2. marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness   jo·cun·di·ty\jō-ˈkən-də-tē, jä-\ noun  jo·cund·ly \ˈjä-kənd-lē, ˈjō-(ˌ)\ adverb   Examples: 1. old friends engaged in jocund teasing   Synonyms : joyous,blithesome, festive, gay, gleeful, jocose, jocular, merry, jolly, jovial, laughing, mirthful, sunny     … Continue reading Word of the Week (WOW) 12th July,2015

Word of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. . It’s a fun way to improve vocabulary by learning new words every week. To participate, simply do a post with your word and leave a link to it as a comment on Heena’s WOW post     kaput\adjective\kä-, –ˈpüt 1.broken and useless; no longer working or effective. 2. no longer able to continue : completely ruined or defeated 3. hopelessly outmoded Example 1. “the water pump’s broken, kaput” 2.once the Germans were forced to retreat from Stalingrad, the Nazi cause was kaput3. hard-line Soviet-style Communism … Continue reading Word of the Week (WOW) 5th July, 2015