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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...

Word of the Day
: July 12, 2025

\im-PYOO-nuh-tee\ noun

What It Means

Impunity, usually used in the phrase "with impunity," refers to exemption...

Word of the Day
: July 9, 2025

\sim-yuh-LAK-rum\ noun

What It Means

A simulacrum is a superficial likeness of something, usually as an imitati...

Word of the Day
: July 8, 2025

\ig-ZEM-pluh-ree\ adjective

What It Means

Something described as exemplary is extremely good and deserves to be...

Word of the Day
: July 7, 2025

\pruh-KRASS-tuh-nayt\ verb

What It Means

To procrastinate is to be slow or late about doing something that shou...

Word of the Day
: July 6, 2025

\AN-tik\ noun

What It Means

Antic refers to an attention-drawing, often wildly playful or funny act or action. ...

Word of the Day
: July 3, 2025

\DEH-sul-tor-ee\ adjective

What It Means

Desultory is a formal word used to describe something that lacks a pla...

Word of the Day
: July 2, 2025

\guh-LUMF\ verb

What It Means

To galumph is to move in a loud and clumsy way.

// I could hear them galumphing ...

Word of the Day
: July 1, 2025

\ver-BOHSS\ adjective

What It Means

Someone described as verbose tends to use many words to convey their point....

Word of the Day
: June 30, 2025

\ik-SPUNJ\ verb

What It Means

To expunge something is to remove it completely, whether by obliterating it, str...

Word of the Day
: June 28, 2025

\RES-tiv\ adjective

What It Means

Restive can describe a person or group feeling impatience or uneasiness, or ...