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A memento is a keepsake, kept not for monetary value or decoration but purely for the memory. From your summer vacation, maybe you’ve saved a menu, a map, …

A bazaar is one of those places where pretty much anything might be sold. You probably don’t realize this, but every time you say bazaar, you’re using a …

When you leave for vacation, your desk at the office is left empty, in a manner of speaking. Which is why vacation comes from the Latin vanus, meaning …

We define oceans separately, but in fact they’re all connected. So it’s not surprising that ocean originally referred to one body of water. In those days, that made sense. The …

Sherbet is where an Italian ice meets ice cream. Picture an ice with a very fruity flavor, only it often has egg whites and milk to thicken it. …

Homage is a way of honoring another. But what trips up most people is its pronounciation. Homage is frequently spoken with a silent H: OM-age. Or, in an …

The refined-sounding tome is often invoked, but rarely correctly. A tome is a section of a much larger book. We know this because it’s Latin root means “to …

Though close in spelling to the instrument it’s eaten with, spoom is a different word entirely. This summertime treat makes great use of the season’s fruits. Just purée …