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[4me2c]

Word for Today :

lily-livered

adjective | LILL-ee-LIV-erd

Definition : lacking courage : cowardly

 

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Word for Today :

artifice

noun | AHR-tuh-fus

Definition

1
a : clever or artful skill : ingenuity

b : an ingenious device or expedient

2
a : an artful stratagem : trick

b : false or insincere behavior

 

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Word for Today :

hirsute

adjective | HER-soot

Definition

1 : hairy

2 : covered with coarse stiff hairs

 

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Word for Today :

tontine

noun | TAHN-teen

Definition : a joint financial arrangement whereby the participants usually contribute equally to a prize that is awarded entirely to the participant who survives all the others

 

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Word for Today :

vicarious

adjective | vye-KAIR-ee-us

Definition

1 : experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another

2
a : serving instead of someone or something else

b : that has been delegated

3 : performed or suffered by one person as a substitute for another or to the benefit or advantage of another : substitutionary

4 : occurring in an unexpected or abnormal part of the body instead of the usual one

 

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Word for Today :

intercalate

verb | in-TER-kuh-layt

Definition

1 : to insert (something, such as a day) in a calendar

2 : to insert between or among existing elements or layers

 

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Word for Today :

dauntless

adjective | DAWNT-lus

Definition : incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless, undaunted

 

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Word for Today :

bonhomie

noun | bah-nuh-MEE

Definition : good-natured easy friendliness

 

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Word for Today :

nurture

verb | NER-cher

Definition

1 : to supply with nourishment

2 : educate

3 : to further the development of : foster

 

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Word for Today :

outlandish

adjective | out-LAN-dish

Definition

1 : of or relating to another country : foreign

2
a : strikingly out of the ordinary : bizarre

b : exceeding proper or reasonable limits or standards

3 : remote from civilization

 

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Word for Today :

euphoria

noun | yoo-FOR-ee-uh

Definition : a feeling of well-being or elation

 

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Word for Today :

lackluster

adjective | LAK-luss-ter

Definition : lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull, mediocre

 

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Word for Today :

sublimate

verb | SUB-luh-mayt

Definition

1 : to pass or cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state

2 : to divert the expression of (an instinctual desire or impulse) from its unacceptable form to one that is considered more socially or culturally acceptable

 

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Word for Today :

parvenu

noun | PAHR-vuh-noo

Definition : one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it

 

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Word for Today :

diligent

adjective | DIL-uh-junt

Definition : characterized by steady, earnest, and energetic effort : painstaking

 

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Word for Today :

allege

verb | uh-LEJ

Definition

1 : to assert without proof or before proving

2 : to bring forward as a reason or excuse

 

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Word for Today :

gist

noun | JIST

Definition

1 : the ground of a legal action

2 : the main point or part : essence

 

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Word for Today :

macabre

adjective | muh-KAHB

Definition

1 : having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death

2 : dwelling on the gruesome

3 : tending to produce horror in a beholder

 

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Word for Today :

fissile

adjective | FISS-ul

Definition

1 : capable of or prone to being split or divided in the direction of the grain or along natural planes of cleavage

2 : capable of undergoing fission

 

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Word for Today :

prognosticate

verb | prahg-NAHSS-tuh-kayt

Definition

1 : to foretell from signs and symptoms : predict

2 : to give an indication of in advance : foreshadow