WORD OF THE DAY

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Saturday, September 2, 2006

Word.of.the.Day.....................

ode (rhymes with code) noun.................. A lyric poem celebrating a person, event, thing, etc., written in an exalted style. [From Greek oide (song), ultimately from Indo-European root wed- (to speak) that's also the source of parody, comedy, tragedy, melody, and rhapsody.] Today's word in... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 31, 2006

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monody (MON-uh-dee) noun.................. 1. A poem in which the poet laments someone's death. 2. A piece of music in which a single melodic line predominates. [From Greek monoidos (singing alone), from mono- (one) + (oide) song.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus:... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

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epopee (EP-uh-pee) noun................................. Epic poetry or an epic poem. [From Greek epopoiia, from epos (song) + poiein (to make).] -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "The struggle between the sons of the moon and those of the sun, between the Kauravas and the Pandavas form the subject of... Sign in to see full entry.

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My hands move on the keyboard but my eyes rest at the window. As I look out and savor this summer afternoon, I reflect on the more than 200 countries where AWAD is read. While evergreen trees are basking in the sun outside my window, spring is around the corner in many other parts of the world. One... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

quaggy (KWAG-ee) adjective................................................................................................ Marshy; flabby; spongy. [From quag (marsh), of unknown origin.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=quaggy The River Quaggy is a small river in... Sign in to see full entry.

Poetry comes in various forms, shapes, and languages. A poem can range from a two-line rhyming couplet to an epic that spans thousands of pages. It can be a facetious limerick that titillates or a nature-inspired haiku that gives food for thought. Samuel Taylor Coleridge described poetry well when... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 28, 2006

Semantics Makes All the Difference in This World...........................

“Are we talking, or are we only speaking?” Glengary Glenn Ross Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 2, 2006

Word of the Day -- French..................................................

So many channels, so little worth watching! Do you sometimes find yourself muttering those words? Next week is TV Turnoff Week ( http://tvturnoff.org ) so give that TV a well-deserved rest, and instead say: So many books worth reading, so little time! People in the US watch TV for more than four... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, June 30, 2006

Word of the Day.......................................................................proceleusmatic (pros-uh-loos-MAT-ik) adjective Inciting, exhorting, or inspiring. noun A metrical foot of four short syllables. [From Late Latin proceleusmaticus, from Greek prokeleusmatikos (calling for... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, June 25, 2006

Word of the day............................................................

scrabble (SKRAB-uhl) verb tr., intr. 1. To scratch or scrape, as with claws or hands. 2. To struggle to obtain something not easily available. 3. To climb over something hastily or clumsily. 4. To scribble. noun The act of scratching, scraping, struggling, scribbling, climbing, etc. frantically,... Sign in to see full entry.

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"All present life is but an interjection, an 'Oh!' or 'Ah!' of joy or misery or a 'Ha ha!' or 'Bah!' -- a yawn or 'Pooh!' of which perhaps the latter is most true. --Lord Byron

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