Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena rathore P. (me), it’s a fun way to improve your vocabulary by learning new words every week.
If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on my WOW post (like this one.)
Here’s this week’s WOW:
Word: Pentacle
Part Of Speech: noun; plural noun: pentacles
Pronunciation: /ˈpɛntək(ə)l/
Meaning:
a talisman or magical object, typically disc-shaped and inscribed with a pentagram, used as a symbol of the element of earth.
• a pentagram.
• (pentacles) one of the suits in some tarot packs, corresponding to coins in others.
Synonyms: quincunx, cinque, lustrum, pentad.
Antonyms: inverted pentacle.
Word Origin: late 16th century: from medieval Latin pentaculum, apparently based on Greek penta-‘five’.
Use in sentence: “The steel blade is suitably blunt, and the pommel has a pentacle embossed upon both sides.”
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I hope you guys like this word and hope it’s useful to you in some or the other way!
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Word Treasure
Have a great day!
VERBATIK MEDIA by Heena R. Pardeshi 
22 responses to “Word Of The Week (WOW #6)”
“The Pentacle – The ancients envisioned their world in two halves – masculine and feminine. Their gods and goddesses worked to keep a balance of power. Yin and Yang. When male and female were balanced, there was harmony in the world. When they were unbalanced there was chaos.”
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Wow!… Thanks for sharing this with us! 🙂
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I am glad – I am following you on Twitter too!!
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Yay! That’s wonderful! I’ll follow you back asap! 🙂
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Love this!!! Great word!! XOXO
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Thanks 🙂
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Nice word, thank you Heena!
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Thanks Indah! 😀
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Pentacle is such a pretty word. It must be the ‘cle’ ending – it reminds me of ‘icicle’. I really like your sentence using the word, too. A pommel embossed with a pentacle sounds beautiful. Great choice of word this week, Heena.
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Thanks a lot Millie! 🙂 And yea, it does reminds one of icicle!
I’m glad you liked it…
Also thanks for participating in this prompt Millie, I’ve seen some more people picking it up 🙂
Have a great day 😀
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I’m glad more people are joining you! The WOW is a really good idea.
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Awww… Thanks so much Millie ❤
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Love Pentacles, being a bit of a goth I have worn one around my neck for many years, along with an ankh 🙂 Great word of the week Heena.
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Thanks a lot Bruce! And that’s great! Ankh is also really cool (In Hindi Ankh means eye!)
Thanks for dropping by 🙂
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Hello Heena. Here is the link to my WOW for this week:
https://milliethom.wordpress.com/2015/01/29/word-of-the-week-wow-2/
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Thanks Millie! I’ll head over to your blog and check it out 🙂
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I love the word pentacle! It embodies such a powerful symbol (and I have a real fascination with symbols). Good choice for your WOW. 🙂
Here’s the link to mine for this week:
https://thestorytellersabode.wordpress.com/2015/01/31/word-of-the-week-wow-anthropomorphic/
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Thanks a lot dear! Symbols fascinate me as well! 🙂
Thanks for your WOW post and the link… I’ll check it out ASAP! 🙂
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Awesome word! I heard that an inverted pentacle is a symbol related to Evilness!…
Regards, Aquileana 😀
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Thanks Aquileana! It’s the case with most of the symbols! 🙂
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