Word of the Day for School Assembly 8 August 2024 with Meaning

Word of the Day for School Assembly 8 August 2024 with Meaning

Word of the Day for School Assembly 8 August 2024 with Meaning: The word of the day for school assembly to help the students to improve their vocabulary and communication skills. By learning and repeating the word regularly, the students can easily use it in different sentence formations. In addition to that, understanding a variety of words can improve their comprehension while reading and listening. The word of the day for today’s school assembly is “Plunge” which in simple words means to fall or jump quickly and suddenly into something. For example, He took a plunge into the icy water, it means he jumped into water without any thought.

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Word of the Day: Plunge

Here is the detailed meaning and grammatical implication of the word Plunge

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Plunge Meaning (Verb)

Meaning: Jump or dive quickly

Other Meanings: a swift and drastic fall in value, violently forward and backward

Etymology

It comes from the Latin word plumbum, which means lead, plummet and then it becomes plunger which means thrust down from the old French.

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Plunge Similar and Opposite Words with Examples

Facts about the Letter ‘P’

It is the only consonant that needs no help in forming a word, which implies strong matches with any vowels.

Eg: PAP,  POP, PEP

Books That Mention the Word - Plunge

1. Taking the Plunge

2. A plunge into Reality

Phrase of Plunge : “take the plunge” which means to make the decisions to do something, especially after thinking about it for a long time.

Eg: Amitha and her friend decided to take the plunge into business.