This post is in response to Heena Rathore P.’s Word of the Week (WOW). This weekly challenge is a great way of improving your vocabulary. If you wish to participate, simply create a post with your word and leave a link in a comment on Heena’s WOW post.
Here’s my WOW for this week:
Word
nascent
Pronunciation
nas-cent / năs′ənt / nā′sənt
Part of Speech
Adjective
Related Forms
adjective: unnascent
nouns: nascence, nascency
Meaning
1) Coming into existence, emerging, beginning to develop.
2) Chemistry of or relating to the state of a chemical element at the moment it is set free from one of its compounds
3) Chemistry (of an element or simple compound, especially hydrogen) created within the reaction medium in the atomic form and having a high activity
Word Origin
1625-25 – From the Latin nāscēns, nāscent-, the present participle of nāscī, meaning ‘to be born’, ‘arise’
Synonyms
beginning, budding, burgeoning, dawning, developing, evolving, incipient
Antonyms
dying, shriveling, withering
Use in a Sentence
1) The garden came alive with nascent plants pushing through damp earth.

2) The nascent kingdoms of fifth and sixth century Britain were in a constant state of flux.


I thought about writing some sentences using the chemistry definitions of nascent, but science is not really an area I’m knowledgeable on! I’d probably get the facts wrong! I did spend quite a while playing spot-the-difference between the two maps, though…
Love the maps! Leenna
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Thank you. 🙂
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Britain has a long and storied history. Just viewed a TV program showing one of the earliest civiliztions (over 7,000 years old) existed in Britain making it older than the places generally thought to have been the location of mankind’s earliest civilizations. Hail Brittania!
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Britain has a very long and checkered past! One of the things I like so much about history is how little we really know. Each new archaeological discovery has the potential to rewrite accepted knowledge.
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Posted a piece that I hope you read and pleading for a comment. Thank you. It’s titled, “Judgement’s Way.” https://adman4u.wordpress.com
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I’ll come and have a read later. I’m at work at the moment and shouldn’t even be doing this!
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I love the maps, too, Louise. 🙂
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Thank you, Millie! I had a feeling you would. 🙂
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