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Ever wonder about all those rare English words that you only hear from old people? Often these words are quite meaningful and useful for explaining things but for some bizarre reason they become extinct.
SaveTheWords is a website that tries to save all these words from going into oblivion. It is a sleek website where hundreds of rare words displayed in colorful fonts and designs. Click on any word that looks interesting and a pop up will show you the meaning of the word along with a sentence using the word in context. Its a fun website where you can look up rare words and adopt them, hence committing to use them in your daily conversations.
Features:
- Hundreds of rare words in English displayed with beautiful fonts.
- Check the meaning of the word and see it used in a sentence.
- Listen to the pronunciation of the word.
- Adopt a word and promise to use it in your conversations.
- Word a Day feature sends you new words in daily emails.
- Email a word you like to your friends.
Visit SaveTheWords @ www.savethewords.org (Contributed by Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)
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