SCHOOL TIME Forum 5TH GRADE WORD OF THE DAY

a (1) : strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties <maternal love for a child> (2) : attraction based on sexual desire : affection and tenderness felt bylovers (3) : affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests <love for his old schoolmates>b : an assurance of affection <give her my love>

: warm attachment, enthusiasm, or devotion <love of the sea>

a : the object of attachment, devotion, or admiration<baseball was his first love>b (1) : a beloved person : darling —often used as a term of endearment (2) British —used as an informal term of address

a : unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another: as (1) : the fatherly concern of God for humankind(2) : brotherly concern for othersb : a person's adoration of God

: a god or personification of love

: an amorous episode : love affair

: the sexual embrace : copulation

: a score of zero (as in tennis)

capitalized Christian Science : god

a : not pointed or acute : bluntb (1) of an angle : exceeding 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees (2) : having an obtuse angle <an obtuse triangle> — see triangle illustrationc of a leaf : rounded at the free end

a : lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility or intellect :insensitive, stupidb : difficult to comprehend : not clear or precise in thought or expression

: the configuration of stars especially at one's birth

: any of 88 arbitrary configurations of stars or an area of the celestial sphere covering one of these configurations

: an assemblage, collection, or group of usually related persons, qualities, or things <a constellation of … relatives, friends, and hangers-on — Brendan Gill> <a constellation of symptoms>

: pattern, arrangement <taking advantage of the shiftingconstellation of power throughout the known world — H. D. Lasswell>