word use – An Enchanted Place

This week’s Wednesday Word is: Part of Speech (Transitive) Verb beguiles (third-person singular simple present) beguiled (simple past and past participle) beguiling (present participle) Related Words beguilement (noun) beguiler (noun) beguilingly (adverb) unbeguiled (adjective) unbeguiling (adjective) Pronunciation bɪˈɡaɪl / be·guile / bi-ˈgī(-ə)l Meaning to deceive or delude to charm or divert to pass (time) pleasantly … More Wednesday Word: Beguile

Wednesday Word: Acerbate

10/06/2020

A few years ago my mum, Millie Thom, and I used to share a Word of the Week, an interesting word that we’d provide some information about and then use in a few sentences – or sometimes even in a little piece of flash fiction. Both of us have recently returned to a slightly more … More Wednesday Word: Acerbate

WOW: Variegated

11/07/2015

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. This week I’ve also added a bonus gallery … More WOW: Variegated

WOW: Ululate

28/06/2015

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 Ululate … More WOW: Ululate

Word of the Week (WOW): jubilation

04/04/2015

This post is in response to Heena Rathore P.’s Word of the Week (WOW). This weekly meme 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 … More Word of the Week (WOW): jubilation

Word of the Week (WOW): iridescent

28/03/2015

Word of the Week (WOW): histrionic

21/03/2015

Word of the Week (WOW): Gargantuan

14/03/2015

Word of the Week (WOW): Felicitation

07/03/2015

Word of the Week (WOW): Effervescent

01/03/2015

Word of the Week (WOW): Dilettante

21/02/2015

Word of the Week (WOW): Calumny

14/02/2015

Word of the Week (WOW): Bailiwick

07/02/2015

Word of the Week (WOW): Anthropomorphic

31/01/2015

This post is in response to Heena Rathore P.’s Word of the Week (WOW). This weekly meme is a great way of improving your vocabulary. As a lover of words, how could I not join in? If you wish to participate, simply create a post with your word and leave a link in a comment on … More Word of the Week (WOW): Anthropomorphic

Word of the Week (WOW): Amorphous

24/01/2015

This post is in response to Heena Rathore P.’s Word of the Week (WOW). This weekly meme is a great way of improving your vocabulary. I’ve learnt so much more about my WOW word while researching for this post! If you wish to participate, simply create a post with your word and leave a link in … More Word of the Week (WOW): Amorphous