Hi guys!
Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me.) It’s a fun way to improve one’s 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 one of my WOW post.
Here’s the WOW for this week :
Word:
Vestigial
Part Of Speech:
Adjective
Derivatives:
Vestigially: adverb
Pronunciation:
|vɛˈstɪdʒɪəl, -dʒ(ə)l| ; ves·tig·i·al
Meaning:
Forming a very small remnant of something that was once greater or more noticeable.
Biology:
(of an organ or part of the body) degenerate, rudimentary, or atrophied, having become functionless in the course of evolution.
Synonyms:
Remaining, surviving, leftover, residual, lingering.
Rudimentary, undeveloped, incomplete, embryonic, immature.
Antonyms:
Well-developed.
Word Origin:
1880-85; < Latin vestīgi (um) vestige + -al1
Use In Sentence:
- He felt a vestigial flicker of anger from last night.
Angry Hugh Jackman - The vestigial wings of kiwis are entirely hidden.
A cute Kiwi
I hope you guys like this word and hope it’s useful to you in some or the other way! If you want to check out more words like this, then visit my page:
VERBATIK MEDIA by Heena R. Pardeshi 
30 responses to “Word Of The Week (WOW #24)”
such impressive and powerful presentation!!
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Thank you so much Mihran! 🙂
BTW, I’m on Skype now and I’m sending you a message there… Please ping bank whenever you get time.
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Hi Heena – I really appreciate if you connect, since I have important information to share with you. could you please sent me an invite on Skype, here is my ID mihran57
Looking forward to hearing from you..
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Good find, Heena! Like the vestigial remains of my dinner after my dog had stolen it. 😀
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Thanks Rob!
Hahaha! A perfect example! 😉
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Great pick Heena and I love the gifs!
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Thanks a lot Kim 🙂
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I have nominated you for “The Dragon’s Loyalty Award.”
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Awww… thanks a lot Robbin! I’ll check it out ASAP 🙂
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Vestigial indication of Heena’s creative flair…
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🙂
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my WOW for the week
https://crazykidjournal.wordpress.com/2015/06/28/word-of-the-week-wow-28th-june-2015/
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Thanks for the link 🙂
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my pleasure
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i hear this word quite often Zoology class
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Yea, it’s quite a common one.
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Nice illustration! Great word.
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[…] This post is in response to Heena Rathore P.’s Word of the Week (WOW). This weekly challenge is a great way of improving your vocabulary. If you wish to participate, simply create a post with your word and leave a link in a comment on Heena’s WOW post. […]
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Great choice of word, Heena. 🙂 Here’s the link to my WOW: http://www.thestorytellersabode.wordpress.com/2015/06/28/wow-ululate
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I’ve loved this word for a long time, Heena, ever since i studied Evolution as part of my Geology degree. Your example of the kiwi’s vestigial wings reminded me of the vestigial dewclaws on dogs.
I’ve had no Internet connection all this week, so my ‘V’ post will be very late. I’ll catch up on the missed week at some stage.
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I had no idea that dogs had vestigial dewclaws. Thanks for the info 🙂
I’m glad you were able to do it despite the problem.
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It was later than I would have liked, but I did a rushed one, in the end. Now we look for W. 🙂
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W it is!
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https://crazykidjournal.wordpress.com/2015/07/05/word-of-the-week-wow-5th-july-2015-2/
my WOW for this week
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[…] of the Week (WOW) is a weekly challenge created by Heena Rathore P. It’s a fun way to improve vocabulary by learning new words every […]
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Hi Heena. I’ve eventually got round to doing last week’s WOW, so here’s the link to it:
https://milliethom.wordpress.com/2015/07/05/word-of-the-week-wow-vacuous/
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That’s great, I missed mine (last week), but I’ll do it today 🙂
Thanks for the link Millie, I’ll visit it ASAP.
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Thanks, Heena. I was thinking I’d have to catch up on a week somewhere. So we’re all squared – that’s good. 🙂
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Hahah! Yea 🙂
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