Word of the Week Competition - Recent Winners

Welcome back!  We hope you had a great Easter Break .

As you know, the Library runs competitions throughout the year, including Word of the Week.  Below are some recent winners.  If you have an interesting or unusual word that you want to share with everyone, please ask for an entry form in either of the Libraries.  The competition is available to enter in both the Discovery and War Memorial Libraries.  All Word of the Week winners receive a pen of their choice!

Look out too for other Library competitions coming up this term.

Discovery Library

Observation

Noun: Information we can see or know from a source or piece of evidence

chosen by Kaio (7 ST)

Ambiguous

Adjective: Open to more than one interpretation.

chosen by Jordan (8TN)

Flabbergasted

Adjective: Stunned, very shocked.

chosen by Daniel (9SH)

Hallucination

Noun: When someone sees, hears, smells, tastes or feels things that are not there.

chosen by Comert (8ST)

Manatee

Noun: A mostly herbivorous marine mammal, also known as a sea cow.

chosen by Fleur (8SD)

Gullet

Noun: The throat or pharynx.  The passage by which food passes from the mouth to the stomach

chosen by Shannon (8ST)

Dystopia

Noun: An imagined world in which everything is unpleasant, typically where the government seeks unquestioning obedience.

chosen by Nathaniel (8GR)

Witzelsucht

Noun: A medical condition that causes a person to tell inappropriate stories and poor jokes.

chosen by Kaan (7SW)

Ascertain

Verb: To find out something for certain.

chosen by Gabriella (9SH)

Salvage

Verb: To save something, such as goods or property, from destruction or waste.

chosen by Yasmin (7HA)

Larynx

Noun: The voice box; The hollow muscular organ forming an air passage to the lungs and holding the vocal cords.               

chosen by Monique (8ML)

Utopia

Noun: Any real or imaginary society, place, or state considered to be perfect or ideal.  Opposite of dystopia.              

chosen by Nathaniel (8GR)

Unadulterated

Adjective: Pure, not mixed with other things.              

chosen by Jamie (7SW)

Dumbfounded

Adjective: Astonished or amazed.              

chosen by Kasey (7CL)

Voracious

Adjective: Exceptionally hungry; especially keen on something.              

chosen by Jessica (7MA)

Scintillating

Adjective: Sparkling or excitingly clever.              

chosen by Elisa (7SW)

Shemozzle

Noun: A confused situation or dispute; uproar.              

chosen by Valon (7BL)

Elysium

Noun: A place or state of perfect happiness.              

chosen by Anna (7BL)

Popinjay

Noun: Someone who is conceited, foppish or excessively talkative.              

chosen by Monique (8ML)

Prevaricate

Verb: Saying something that isn’t actually a lie but maybe misleading; to act or speak in an evasive way.              

chosen by Demi (7CL)

Rudimentary

Adjective: Basic or fundamental.              

chosen by Michael (7HA)

Onslaught

Noun: A fierce attack.              

chosen by Matthew (8MD)

Chronological

Adjective: (Of a record of events) following the order in which they occurred.          

chosen by George (9SA)

  

War Memorial Library

Tintinnabulation

Noun: The ringing or pealing of bells.

chosen by Ms Gallagher (English)

                       

Mode

Noun: A way or manner in which something is experienced, expressed or done.

In statistics, it is the number which appears most often in a set of numbers.

chosen by Max (10 CH)

Kerfuffle

Noun: Commotion or disorder.

chosen by Mr Lucas (Geography)

Imitative

Adjective: To copy someone or something.

chosen by Mr Evans (History)

Zoonosis

Noun: A disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans.     

chosen by Mr Nazar (Science)

Neologism

Noun: A new or created word.

chosen by Harry (13MS)

Hegemony

Noun: Leadership or dominance (especially by one state or social group over others).

chosen by Mr McGuire (PE)

Misdemeanour

Noun: An action which is wrong or illegal, but not extremely serious; a petty crime.

chosen by Lisa (10IM)

Historiography

Noun: The study of the writing of history and of written histories.

chosen by Cain (10MC)

Transhumance

Noun: Seasonal movement of sheep or cattle between mountain and lowland pastures.

chosen by Mr Salisbury (Site team)

Analepsis

Noun: A literary flashback, in which earlier parts of a narrative are related to others that have already been narrated.  Flashbacks are often used to recount events that happened before the story’s primary sequence of events to fill in crucial backstory.

chosen by Miss Kiely (English)

Autonomous

Noun: Being independent of other; having self-government.

chosen by Monique (13 PC)

Yuletide

Noun: The time surrounding and including Christmas, or ‘yule’.  Derived from the Germanic pagan festival where yuletide can also mean ‘feast’ or ‘December’.

chosen by Harry (13 MS)

Gratuitous

Adjective: Without good reason; unnecessary.

chosen by Mrs Lee (Maths)

Misconstrue

Verb: Misunderstand the meaning of, wrongly interpret someone’s words.

chosen by Mrs Nolan (Librarian)

Syllable

Noun: A word or part of a word that is uttered by a single effort of the voice.

chosen by Cain (10MC)

Metaphor

Noun: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object.

chosen by Domantas (10CO)

Neuroticism

Noun: A personality trait in the study of psychology, characterised by anxiety, fear, worry, envy, frustration and loneliness.

chosen by Anthony, Daniel, Daniel and Callum (Year 10 Psychology students)

Serendipity

Noun: The gift of making fortunate discoveries by accident.

chosen by Precious (13MS)

Insatiable

Adjective: Unable to be satisfied e.g. I have an insatiable appetite for History.

chosen by Mr Evans (History)

Brouhaha

Noun: A loud and confused noise.

chosen by Ms Gallagher (English)

Extrovert

Noun: An outgoing, socially confident person.

chosen by Rebekah, Negin, Albie, Evie (Yr 10 Psychology)

Iatrogenesis

Noun: (A Greek term that means “brought forth by the healer”) Any disease or complications caused by medical treatment or advice to a patient by a physician or surgeon.

chosen by Sophie (12NA)