Word of the week

“aspiration”

NOUN 1.a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations. 2.a goal or objective that is strongly desired: The presidency has been his aspiration since boyhood. 3.the act of aspirating or breathing in.

Previous words of the week

• “benignity”
  kindness or tolerance toward others..."her air of benignity"
• “cachinnate”
  To laugh loudly! The sound you make when you laugh out loud, guffaw, or cackle, and probably embarrass or annoy everyone around you! Do it often! Mr Clarke cachinnates all the time!
• “Slumgullion”
  a meat stew
• “effervescence”
  full of life and excitement
• “Discombobulated”
  [dis-kuh m-bob-yuh-leyt-ed] verb (used with object), discombobulated, discombobulating. confused or disconcerted; upset; frustrated: 'The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.'
• “Commencement”
  Noun - The beginning of something. ‘the commencement of the trial’ Pronunciation - 'ke mensm(e)nt'
• “Inclement”
  Adjective (of the weather) unpleasantly cold or wet. ‘walkers should be prepared for inclement weather’ Pronunciation - 'in-klem-uh nt'