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Word of the Day
: August 4, 2025

\TAP-uh-stree\ noun

What It Means

A tapestry is a heavy textile characterized by complicated pictorial design...

Word of the Day
: August 3, 2025

\ih-GREE-juss\ adjective

What It Means

Egregious is a formal word used to describe things that are conspicuou...

Word of the Day
: August 2, 2025

\PAL-imp-sest\ noun

What It Means

Palimpsest in its original use refers to writing material (such as a parchm...

Word of the Day
: August 1, 2025

\dih-SOH-shee-ayt\ verb

What It Means

To dissociate is to separate oneself from association or union with som...

Word of the Day
: July 31, 2025

\PET-chuh-lunt\ adjective

What It Means

Petulant describes a person who is angry and annoyed, or an attitude o...

Word of the Day
: July 30, 2025

\DAH-pul-gang-er\ noun

What It Means

A doppelgänger is someone who looks very much like another person. In lit...

Word of the Day
: July 29, 2025

\KWIB-ul\ verb

What It Means

To quibble is to argue or complain about small, unimportant things. Quibble can a...

Word of the Day
: July 28, 2025

\FASS-ul\ adjective

What It Means

Facile is a formal adjective that is used disapprovingly to describe somethi...

Word of the Day
: July 27, 2025

\BROO-hah-hah\ noun

What It Means

Brouhaha is a synonym of both uproar and hubbub that refers to great excitem...

Word of the Day
: July 26, 2025

\im-BELL-ish\ verb

What It Means

To embellish something is to make it more appealing or attractive with fancif...

Word of the Day
: July 25, 2025

\soo-eye-JEN-uh-ris\ adjective

What It Means

Sui generis is a formal adjective used to describe someone or som...

Word of the Day
: July 24, 2025

\pan-uh-SEE-uh\ noun

What It Means

A panacea is something that is regarded as a cure-all—that is, something th...

Word of the Day
: July 23, 2025

\LOH-ghee\ adjective

What It Means

Like sluggish and groggy, logy describes a person who is not able to think ...

Word of the Day
: July 22, 2025

\JET-uh-sun\ verb

What It Means

When you jettison something, you get rid of it either because it is not needed...

Word of the Day
: July 21, 2025

\HYOO-bris\ noun

What It Means

Hubris is a formal and literary word that refers to a great or foolish amount o...

Word of the Day
: July 20, 2025

\UT-mohst\ adjective

What It Means

Utmost describes something that is the greatest or highest in degree, numbe...

Word of the Day
: July 19, 2025

\dih-VYZE\ verb

What It Means

To devise is to invent or plan something that is difficult or complicated in som...

Word of the Day
: July 15, 2025

\TAN-tuh-lyze\ verb

What It Means

To tantalize someone is to cause them to feel interest or excitement about s...

Word of the Day
: July 14, 2025

\NOO-ahnss\ noun

What It Means

A nuance is a very small difference in something, such as color, tone, meaning,...

Word of the Day
: July 13, 2025

\kun-TRYTE\ adjective

What It Means

Contrite is a formal adjective used to describe someone who feels regret f...