Recent Words of the Week

DISCOVERY LIBRARY:

Agnostic

Noun: A person who believes that it is impossible to know whether God is real.
chosen by Brandon 8 HB

Inquisitive

Adjective: Eager for knowledge or understanding
chosen by Rhesa 9 MD

Hyperventilate

Verb: To breathe rapidly at rest
chosen by Remell  7 RN

Tincture

Noun: A medicine that consists of a small amount of drug in alcohol
chosen by Gabriella 7 TN

Unequivocal

Adjective: There is no doubt; clear and unambiguous
chosen by Henry 7 LC

Reclusive

Adjective: Shut away from the world, seeking to live alone
chosen by Frankie 9 MP

Mysterious

Adjective: Something that is strange, difficult to understand
chosen by Paulina Flis (Yr 7 SA)

Isallobar

Noun: A line on a map connecting places with equal pressure change
chosen by Kamyar 8 HB

Crave

Verb: To have a strong or urgent desire/to hunger for a certain thing
chosen by Leyla 7 BC

Anxious

Adjective: Worried or nervous
chosen by Angel 7 CB

Exquisite

Adjective: Extremely beautiful
chosen by Ivan 7 LC
            
WAR MEMORIAL LIBRARY:

Ambiguous
Adjective: When something has more than one meaning
chosen by Ewan Greenwood 10 SU

Musicology

Noun: The study of music
chosen by Ms Roberts (Librarian)
 
Yammer
(Informal) Verb: To whine in a complaining manner
chosen by Ben 12 DH

Famishing

Verb: To be very hungry
chosen by Harry Smith (Yr10 WH)

Fragmentation

Noun: In chemistry, the process in which a positive ion is split into pieces during mass spectrometry
chosen by Joshua 12 SR

Incarnadine

Adjective or noun: 1) Flesh-coloured; pale pink 2) Blood-red; crimson (adjective) or an incarnadine colour (noun)
chosen by Jake 13 MB

Taciturn

Adjective: Not talkative or communicative
chosen by Jonah 13 MO

Element

Noun: One of the components making up a whole.  Any known substance that cannot be separated into simpler substances by chemical means
chosen by Anthony 10 MC

Benzenecarbaldehyde

Noun: A yellow volatile oily liquid, C6H5CHO.  The compound occurs in almond kernels and has an almond-like smell. (From the Oxford Concise Science Dictionary)
chosen by Harry 10 WH

Geezer
Noun (informal): A guy, a bloke or what you might call someone in general
chosen by Alex 13 RF

Quadric

Adjective: In mathematics, relating to the power of two
chosen by Daniel 10 CE