Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Word of the Week #3

Fervor

Source: TIME magazine

How it was used: People arrived to hear him out of fervor or mere curiosity, and they stayed for the sense of possibility.

Definition: 1. Intense heat 2. Intensity of feeling or expression

-Noun

Sentence: After September 11 2001, the people of the United States had patriotic fervor.