

Sep 21, 2017 This week’s theme

Words that result in another word when a single letter is prefixed



This week’s words

ovine

uberty

lection

rill

otic



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rill PRONUNCIATION: (ril)

MEANING: noun:

1. A small stream.

2. A narrow groove carved by erosion.

ETYMOLOGY: From Dutch ril or Low German Rille (groove). Ultimately from the Indo-European root rei- (to flow or run), which also gave us run, rival, derive, and runnel . Earliest documented use: 1552.

USAGE:

Marion Lennox; Meant-to-Be Family; Harlequin; 2015.



See more usage examples of “Six months ago she’d stood upright on the rill and laughed with delight as the water had splashed over her.”Marion Lennox;; Harlequin; 2015.See more usage examples of rill in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race. -H.G. Wells, writer (21 Sep 1866-1946)





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