Bermudaonion asks you to share new words that you have learned during your reading adventures in the last week. Feel free to join in the fun!I found a couple of new words while reading A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini:
Stalactite: (stuh-lak-tahyt, stal-uhk-tahyt) An icicle-shaped mineral deposit, usually calcite or aragonite, hanging from the roof of a cavern, formed from the dripping of mineral-rich water.
Stalagmite: (stuh-lag-mahyt, stal-uhg-mahyt) A conical mineral deposit, usually calcite or aragonite, built up on the floor of a cavern, formed from the dripping of mineral-rich water.
Both of these words were found on page 99 in the following sentence:
He knew the difference between a stalactite and a stalagmite, and could tell you that the distance between the earth and the sun was the same as going from Kabul to Ghazni one and a half million times.
So what new words have you learned in your reading adventures this week?
I always remember which is which from a silly rhyme I learned as a kid: When the mites go up, the tites go down. :-)
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I can never remember which is which. Good think I don't go into caves often. :-) Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteAdd me to the list of those who can't remember which is which!
ReplyDeleteI'm with Michele and Lynne!
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ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read this book. I've heard so many great things about it.
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Thanks so much for playing along this week!
ReplyDeleteI always get these two mixed up!
ReplyDeleteI always confuse these two, I hope that one day I'll remember which one goes up and which one down.
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