Follow us on Substack

1/7/15

Alumnus

Alumnus

<ah-loom-nus>

former member; graduate

A male who has attended a school or university.

He is funny because he is an alumnus of Clown College.

He is a distinguished alumnus and graduated in 2005.

Alumni is the plural of alumnus.

Memory trick:
LOOM US after we leave.

Used at work:
He is an alumnus of the Orange software team that made our best product.









Fun E-books 
Subscribe to New Word A Day  
THEENK@NEWWORDADAY.COM 

(c) 2014 E. Carruthers




at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

IMMUTABLE

  IMMUTABLE <Im-mute-ah-bul> Unalterable; permanent; total; An unchangeable and undeniable absolute An immutable law never changes bec...

  • Allay
    Allay <ah-lay> relieve; calm; soothe; to reduce and fear or worry He is wearing a helmet and that should allay your worry about him ri...
  • Diverge
    Diverge <deye-verj> split; deviate; separate; to go off a path in a different direction. We decided to diverge onto the exit a...
  • Convoke
     Convoke <kon-volk> assemble; convene; call; to summon someone to a gathering. I use a dog whistle to convoke an excited group...