“The triumphant softball coach was treated with all the veneration of a movie star for days following the big game.”
Veneration – noun
1) to regard with reverential respect.
2) adore, revere, reverence, worship.
~per Merriam-Webster
Category: Word of the Day
Word of the Day: Cadaver
“The coroner’s assistant tripped over the cadaver in the darkness of the crime scene.”
Cadaver – Noun
: a dead body.
~per Merriam-Webster
Word of the Day: Kindred
“Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It’s splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
Kindred – adj.
: of a like nature or character.
~per Merriam-Webster
Word of the Day: Nook
As it happens, I like my Nook and wish I had a nook to read it in! Although I generally do more writing on my Nook than reading.
“With a Nook for company, I curled up in the breakfast nook to read in the sunshine.”
Nook – noun
1) an interior angle or corner formed usually by two walls.
2) a sheltered or hidden place.
3) a usually recessed section of a larger room.
~per Merriam-Webster
Word of the Day: Nostrum
“When Trina came down with the flu, Old Bill suggested the nostrum of an onion peel and honey.”
Nostrum – noun
: a questionable medicine or remedy.
~ per Merriam-Webster
Word of the Day: Godhead
“I have no idea how to use godhead in a sentence.”
Godhead – noun
1) divine nature or essence
2) the nature of God, especially as existing in three persons
~per Merriam-Webster
Word of the Day: Adjective
Back to the tedious basics…
“A noun does not always require a colorful adjective; sometimes they can be rather bland.”
Adjective – noun
: a word that typically serves as a modifier of a noun
~ per Merriam-Webster
Word of the Day: Refectory
Not sure I’ve heard this one recently if ever. And I’m honestly not sure how to use it in a sentence just because, well, why?
“The Great Hall from the Harry Potter movies was based on a combination of the books and the refectory of Christ Church college at Oxford.”
Refectory – noun
: a dining hall (as in a monastery or college)
~per Merriam-Webster
Word of the Day: Autocracy
“The fraternity is run as an autocracy by a four-legged feline with an affinity for tiaras.”
Autocracy – noun
:government by one person having unlimited power.
~per Merriam-Webster
Word of the Day: Interminable
“Wearing the mobility-limiting cast became an interminable experience after the first week.”
Interminable – adj.
1) Endless
2) wearisomely protracted
~ per Merriam-Webster
