Recent Words of the Week

Discovery Library:

Discombobulated

Verb: To be in a state of confusion
chosen by Katie-Rose 8CT

Intrigued
Verb:  Being interested in something that you find kind of mysterious
chosen by Scott 7LC

Excruciating

Adjective: Extremely painful, agony
Chosen by Oliver 7KE

Futuristic

Adjective: To do with a vision of the future; being ahead of the times, innovative or revolutionary
chosen by Tate 7SA

Impenitent

Adjective: Not regretting something you have done wrong.
chosen by Callum 8CM

Hypochondriac

Noun: Someone who is abnormally anxious about their health.
chosen by Tyrone 7BC

Homozygous
Noun: Refers to having two identical alleles for a single trait.
chosen by Frankie 9MP

Benevolent

Adjective:  Someone kind and helpful.  Something formed for charitable purposes.
chosen by Lisa 8MB

Odious

Adjective: Very horrible or unpleasant
Chosen by William 7CB

Spaghettification
Noun: the process by which (in some theories) an object would be stretched and ripped apart by gravitational forces on falling into a black hole
Chosen by Edward 7GE

Execute

Verb: To put a condemned person to death, to carry out or accomplish.
Chosen by Zihao 7RN

War Memorial Library:

Pneumatic

Adjective: Operated by compressed air or by a vacuum.
chosen by Joshua 10CL

Archaeopteryx

Noun: The first bird, or the earliest form of a bird we know.  It could only fly short distances but it had wings and feathers.
chosen by Jonah 13RY

Ardent

Adjective: To be enthusiastic or passionate about something
chosen by Alexei 13MO

Landlubber

Noun: A person who is not experienced at sea
chosen by Chloe 10SY

Procrastination

Noun: Putting off or delaying an action to a later time
chosen by Ishmayl 13RF

Diagonal
Verb: Connecting two nonconsecutive verticals in a polygon; slanting line
chosen by Max 10CE

Extemporise                  

Verb: To improvise; perform without preparation
chosen by Dr Garrido, Science

Pythagoras’ Theorem

Noun: Theorem presented by Pythagoras, a Greek mathematician, about angles, triangles and their values using algebra.
chosen by Anthony KS4MI

Ephemeral             

Adjective:  Short-lived, momentary.
chosen by Mrs Nolan (librarian)

Ethereally

Adjective: Magically/whimsically/from another realm.
chosen by Keira 13HR