SaveTheWords: Explore and Share Rare English Words

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. Clicking on a word brings the meaning of that word along with an example sentence. You can look up those rare words and possibly start using them in your daily conversations.

Features:

  • Lookup hundreds of rare words in english language.
  • 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 daily conversations.
  • Word a Day feature that sends you new words on a daily basis.
  • Email words you like to your friends.

Check out SaveTheWords @ www.savethewords.org (Contributed by Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)

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