Month 3 – Word of the day 16
Prevalent
means
widespread
The tendency to misspell it as prevelant is indeed widespread.
Prevalent
means
widespread
The tendency to misspell it as prevelant is indeed widespread.
Dendrophilia literally means “love of trees”
Word for today is Embalm means to treat a dead body so as to preserve it with chemicals, drugs or balsams. to preserve from oblivion; keep in memory prevent the development of to impart balmy fragrance to The word originated from Old French embalmer ; emba (u)smer, equivalent to em- em-1+ -ba (u) smer, verbal derivative of…
GPS means Global Positioning System: a global system of U.S. navigational satellites developed to provide precise positional and velocity data and global time synchronization for air, sea, and land travel. or an electronic system that uses these satellites to determine the position of a vehicle, person, etc or a receiver that determines its position by analyzing the satellite…
Lampoon means to mock or ridicule in a satire. On TV, it is common to see comedians lampoon our political leaders.
Today’s word is Gimcrack means showy but useless. or a showy, useless trifle; gewgaw. Gimcrack comes from the Middle English term gibe crake and is of uncertain origin. It may be related to the Old French giber meaning “to shake.”
Pneumatikos means In Greek, spiritual. Used to refer to a person in whom the element of spirit predominates over the soul and the body.