Topic: Word of the Day

Word Of The Day – For The Week Of April 29, 2018 0






Word Of The Day – For The Week Of April 29, 2018
April 29, 2018
Movant – n. – a person applying to a court or judge
April 30, 2018
Enantiodromia – n. – the tendency of things to become their opposites
May 1, 2018
Yod – n. – the Hebrew alphabet’s tenth and smallest letter
May 2, 2018
Gleischschaltung – n. – standarization of instructions in authoritarian states
May 3, 2018
Arrogate – v. – to take or claim without justification
May 4, 2018
Psionic – adj. – relating to the practical use of psychic powers
May 5, 2018
Adhibit – v. – apply or affix to something else
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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of April 22, 2018




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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of April 22, 2018
April 22, 2018
Rehoboam – n. – a wine bottle six times the standard size
April 23, 2018
Prevaricate – v. – speak or act in an evasive way
April 24, 2018
Gyrate – v. – move rapidly in a circle or spiral
April 25, 2018
twilit – adj. – dimly illuminated by or as if by twilight
April 26, 2018
Tumulus – n. – an ancient burial mound
April 27, 2018
Incrassate – adj. – thickened in form or consistency
April 28, 2018
Vaticinate – v. – fortell the future
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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of April 15, 2018




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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of April 15, 2018
April 15, 2018
Camarilla – n. – small group of people with a common purpose
April 16, 2018
Hibernal – adj. – of, characteristic of or occurring in winter
April 17, 2018
Eventuate – v. – occur as a result
April 18, 2018
Hackathon – n. – an even where people collaborate on computer programming
April 19, 2018
Mesomorph – n. – a person with a compact or muscular build
April 20, 2018
Hyperbole – n. – exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally
April 21, 2018
Aleatory – adj. – depending on the throw of the dice
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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of April 8, 2018




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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of April 8, 2018
April 8, 2018
Rhetor – n. – a teacher or rhetoric
April 9, 2018
Bicephalous – adj. – having two heads
April 10, 2018
Controvert – v. – deny the truth of something
April 11, 2018
Whim-wham – n. – a quaint or decorative object or trinket
April 12, 2018
Torpefy – v. – To make something numb, paralysed or lifeless
April 13, 2018
Revenant 0 n. – a person who has returned from the dead
April 14, 2018
Pisciculture – n. – the controlled breeding and reading of fish
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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of April 1, 2018




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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of April 1, 2018
April 1, 2018
Kakemono – n. – a Japanese unframed painting made on paper
April 2, 2018
Epizoic – adj. – growing or living nonparisitically on an animal’s exterior
April 3, 2018
Postil – n. – a marginal note on a biblical text
April 4, 2018
Frottola – n. – a form of Italian comic or amorous song
April 5, 2018
Indwell – v. – to be permanently present in a person’s soul or mind
April 6, 2018
Bogle – n. – a phantom or goblin
April 7, 2018
Dyslalia – n. – inability to articulate comprehensible speech
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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of March 25, 2018




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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of March 25, 2018
March 25, 2018
Precognition – n. – forknowledge of an event
March 26, 2018
Loungecore – n. – easy listening music
March 27, 2018
Fastidious – adj. – very attentive to and concerned about accuracy
March 28, 2018
Chevre – n. – French cheese made from goat’s milk
March 29, 2018
Convivial – adj. – friendly and lively
March 30, 2018
Vigesimal – adj. – relating to or based on the number twenty
March 31, 2018
Skint – adj. – having little or no money available
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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of March 18, 2018




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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of March 18, 2018
March 18, 2018
Bork – v. – obstruct through systematic defamation or vilification
March 19, 2018
Ritornello – n. – a short instrumental refrain in a vocal work
March 20, 2018
Trishaw – n. – a light three wheeled Asian vehicle with pedals
March 21, 2018
Clandestine – adj. – kept secret or done secretively
March 22, 2018
Lupercalia – n. – an ancient Roman festival of purification and fertility
March 23, 2018
Psittacine – adj. – relating to birds of the parrot family
March 24, 2018
Synecdoche – n. – rhetorical device where a part represents the whole
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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of March 11, 2018




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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of March 11, 2018
March 11, 2018
Wythe – n. – a single thickness of bricks in masonry construction
March 12, 2018
Antitype – n. – representing the opposite of someone or something else
March 13, 2018
Sillage – n. – a perfume’s fragrance lingering in the air
March 14, 2018
Girasol – n. – a type of opal reflecting a reddish glow
March 15, 2018
Acrophobia – n. – an extreme or irrational fear of heights
March 16, 2018
Agrestal – adj. – growing wild in cultivated fields
March 17, 2018
Mackle – n. – a blurred impression in printing
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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of March 4, 2018




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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of March 4, 2018
March 4, 2018
Godlet – n. – a triangular piece of material inserted in clothing
March 5, 2018
Lobule – n. – a small lobe
March 6, 2018
meronym – n. – a part of something referring to the whole
March 7, 2018
Ultrasaurus – n. – a late Jurassic dinosaur, possibly tallest ever living animal
March 8, 2018
Apodictic – adj. – clerly established or beyond dispute
March 9, 2018
Septimal – adj. – relating to the number severn
March 10, 2018
Masstige – n. – mass produced, relatively inexpensive goods marketed as luxurious
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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of February 25, 2018




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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of February 25, 2018
February 25, 2018
Sang-de-boeuf – n. – a deep red color
February 26, 2018
Primordium – n. – a tissue in the earliest stage of development
February 27, 2018
Juba – n. – a dance originating among plantation slaves
February 28, 2018
Entelechy – n. – the realization of potential
March 1, 2018
Peripeteia – n. – sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstance
March 2, 2018
Homonym – n. – a word having the same spelling as another
March 3, 2018
Smorzando – adv. – dying away
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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of February 18, 2018