Word Of The Week, 8/22/10

My Word Of The Week for August 22, 2010 is:

im-mense

Definition:
1: Supremely good, excellent
2: Greatness in size or degree

She did immensely well on her test.

Related words: immensely, immenseness

Word Of The Week, 7/10/10

My Word of the Week for July 10th, 2010 is:

ed-i-ble
edible

able to be eaten, eatable
"That mushroom is certainly not edible."

Word Of The Week, 7/4/10

My Word Of The Week for July 4th, 2010 is:

In-de-pen-dence Day

1. A civil holiday for the celebration of the anniversary of the beginnings of national independence.
2. July 4 is observed as a legal holiday in the United States in commemoration of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

Word Of The Week, 6/27/10

My Word of the Week for June 27, 2010 is:

des-o-la-tion

1. a. grief, sadness b. loneliness
2. devastation, ruin
3. barren wasteland

The land itself was a desolation, lifeless, without movement, so lone and cold that the spirit of it was not even that of sadness.
- from White Fang (by Jack London), Chapter 1

Word Of The Week, 6/20/10

Our word of the week is:

vo-ra-cious

1. Having a huge appetite

Frizz is a very voracious caterpillar!

2. Excessively eager

Ashley is a voracious gardener.