

Oct 15, 2015 This week’s theme

Words with hooks



This week’s words

ambit

peculate

resumptive

uberous

olio



Illustration: Leah Palmer Preiss Words with hooks A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg



uberous PRONUNCIATION: (YOO-buhr-uhs)

MEANING: adjective: Abundant; fruitful.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin uber (rich, fruitful, abundant, etc.). Earliest documented use: 1624.

USAGE: “School Principal lauded the Primary teachers for their uberous contribution in preparing the small kids for their best presentations.”

Vishwa Bharati Celebrates Janam Ashtami; Early Times (India); Sep 2, 2015.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly. -Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, philosopher (15 Oct 1844-1900)





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