effluvium
Noun:
| An unpleasant or harmful odor, secretion, or discharge. |
Then Inker Kirk shared another:
akimbo
1: having the hand on the hip and the elbow turned outward
2: set in a bent position <a tailor sitting with legs akimbo>
Since I've been neglectful of purposely expanding my vocabulary lately, I thought I would share and issue a challenge to use these words in a sentence or share another interesting word here.
So far I have failed in my commitment to manage to use both in conversation at the office, but I'm still keeping them in mind for just the right moment.
Effluviam is easy to use in my classroom. :) Its been fun learning new words. (I love my Nook for that. Find a word that's new and just look it up. Usually I can figure out what it means, but its fun to have an official definition.)
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