Topic: Word of the Day

Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of May 27, 2018 0






Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of May 27, 2018
May 27, 2018
Illiterati – n. – people who are not well educated or well informed
May 28, 2018
Inanimate – adj. – not alive or without life
May 29, 2018
Exemplum – n. – and example or model
May 30, 2018
Distingue – adj. – having a distinguished manner or appearance
May 31, 2018
Perorate – v. – speak at length
June 1, 2018
Salutary – adj. – producing good or beneficial effects
June 2, 2018
Repugnance – n. – intense disgust
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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of May 20, 2018




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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of May 20, 2018
May 20, 2018
Ingratiate – v. – bring oneself into favor with someone through flattery
May 21, 2018
Detrition – n. – the action of wearing something away by friction
May 22, 2018
Diel – adj. – denoting or involving a period of 24 hours
May 23, 2018
Matinal – adj. – relating to or taking place in the morning
May 24, 2018
Fracas – n. – a noisy disturbance or quarrel
May 25, 2018
Guttate – adj. – resembling drops or having drop like markings
May 26, 2018
Fascicle – n. – a separately published instalment of a book
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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of May 13, 2018




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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of May 13, 2018
May 13, 2018
Sorosis – n. – a fleshy multiple fruit, such as a pineapple
May 14, 2018
Ecad – n. – an organism that is modified by its environment
May 15, 2018
Acquisitive – adj. – excessively interested in acquiring money or material things
May 16, 2018
Ullage – n. – amount a container falls short of being full
May 17, 2018
Contre-jour – n. – having the light source behind the subject
May 18, 2018
Fideism – n. – the doctrine that knowledge depends on faith
May 19, 2018
Bourgeoisie – n. – the middle class
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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of May 6, 2018




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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of May 6, 2018
May 6, 2018
Shoo – Exclamation – said to frighten or drive something away
May 7, 2018
Whitesmith – n. – a person who makes articles out of metal
May 8, 2018
Seidel – n. – a beer mug or glass
May 9, 2018
Eudaemonism – n. – a system of ethics based on mazimizing happiness
May 10, 2018
Faineant – n. – an idle or ineffective person
May 11, 2018
Emigre – n. – a person who has left their home country
May 12, 2018
Cognitivist – n. – a person who works in cognitive grammar
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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of April 29, 2018




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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