Word of the Week

Hey all! Welcome to my blog about fabulous words. This is my very first post, so I'm going to try to make it worth your while. And the way that I am going to do that is by beginning with a word of the week. Every week I will choose a word that I think is interesting, or I have never heard of before and I will post the word with the meaning, the origin and where I saw the word used. I will also try to use it in a sentence that I have come up with myself. Be prepared! I will use a combination of Web sites to determine the meaning and origin of the word, including www.miriam-webster.com as well as www.dictionary.com. Also, I am not the best doing cool tricks with computers, so if I have an error with a link, I apologize, but I will try my best to ensure that everything is as accurate and efficient as possible. After all, I am a journalism major, and we love nothing more than accuracy and connecting our audience with as much information as possible. With that said, here is the first word I discovered earlier today in class.

CADRE
Pronunciation: \ˈka-ˌdrā
Part of Speech: Noun
Etymology: (multiple possible origins) French, from Italian quadro, from Latin quadrum square

1) a nucleus or core group especially of trained personnel able to assume control and to train others; broadly : a group of people having some unifying relationship. (Webster's Dictionary)
2) a group of trained or otherwise qualified personnel capable of forming, training, or leading an expanded organization, as a religious or political faction, or a skilled work force. (Dictionary.com)

Colleen's sentence: A cadre of doctors met this week for a medical convention in San Diego, Ca.

I first saw this word in the Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008 Time article entitled, "How Healed is Hillary?" http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1836042,00.html

I chose this word because I had never heard it before and I love learning new words to dazzle people with!