Word+of+the+Day

Here, you will find the "Word of the Day." Please try to use the "Word of the Day" at least three times throughout the day. Using new words every day will help to improve your vocabulary, which will enhance your speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills.

**//__September 8: Safe (-adjective __//****//) //** **Definition **: 1.Free from danger. 2. unhurt and undamaged. 3. not causing or likely to cause harm or danger. **Sentence **: //Following the school rules will help to keep us safe//.

**__September 11: Patriot ( //–noun)// __** **Definition **: a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion. **Synonyms **: nationalist, partisan **Antonym **: traitor  **Sentence **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: //He is such a loyal patriot that he would even die for his country//.

**__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">September 13: Responsible __**__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> //**(-adj.)**// __ **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Definition **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: accountable for something within one's power, control, or management. **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Sentence **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: You are responsible for your own decisions.

**//__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">September 14: Respectful __//****//__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">( -adj.) __//** **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Definition: **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> full of, characterized by, or showing politeness **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Sentence **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: //Being respectful means not speaking while other people are talking and taking turns//.

**//__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">September 15: Enthusiastic __//**//**__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(–adjective) __**// **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Definition **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: Full of or characterized by enthusiasm; very excited: **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Sentence **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: //She seems to be very enthusiastic about her first day of school//. **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Synonyms **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: passionate, interested, eager. **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Antonyms **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: unexcited **__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">September 16 __****__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: Constitution //(– noun)// __** **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Definition **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">: a plan for running a government. **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Sentence **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">: //The United States Constitution was written by the founding fathers in 1787 and adapted in 1789.//

<span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">**__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">September 17: Citizenship //(-noun)// __** **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Definition **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: The status of being a citizen; the condition or status of a citizen, with its rights and duties. **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sentence: **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> US citizenship provides many rights, but also involves many responsibilities.

**__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">September 20 __**__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: **Continent //(-noun)//** __ **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Definition **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">: A very large land mass. **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Sentence **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">: //There are seven continents on Earth: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica.//

**__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">September 21 __****__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: Peace //(-noun)// __** **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Definition **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">: in a state or relationship of nonbelligerence or concord; **not at war**. **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Sentence: **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> //Will there ever be Peace on Earth?//

**__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">September 22 __****__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: Sibling //(-noun)// __** **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Definition **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">: a brother or sister. **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Sentence: **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> Sibling rivalry: “ <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Take two kids in competition for their parents' love and attention. Add to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other; the resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other; the personal frustrations that they don't dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister, and it's not hard to understand why in families across the land, the sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.”

**__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">September 23 __****__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: Autumn __****//__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> (-noun) __//** **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Definition **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: the season between summer and winter; fall. In the Northern Hemisphere it is from the September equinox to the December solstice; in the Southern Hemisphere it is from the March equinox to the June solstice. <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">**<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sentence: **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> //You can tell that it is autumn when you see the leaves change colors and fall off the trees.//  <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Synonyms : harvest, fall

**__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">September 24 __****__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: Memoir //(– noun)// __** **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Definition **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">: an account of one’s personal life and experiences.
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Sentence: **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> //Patricia Polacco wrote many interesting memoirs.//

**__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">September 27 __****__<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: Homophone //(- noun)// __** **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Definition: ** <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but they are spelled differently and have different meanings
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Sentence: **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> //Some examples of homophones are: plane/plain, see/sea, way/weigh.//