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: July 25, 2025\soo-eye-JEN-uh-ris\ adjective
What It Means
Sui generis is a formal adjective used to describe someone or som...
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: July 25, 2025\soo-eye-JEN-uh-ris\ adjective
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Sui generis is a formal adjective used to describe someone or som...
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2 minFREEHumanities Word CurioFree2 CQ
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: 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...
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: July 24, 2025\pan-uh-SEE-uh\ noun
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A panacea is something that is regarded as a cure-all—that is, something th...
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: July 23, 2025\LOH-ghee\ adjective
What It Means
Like sluggish and groggy, logy describes a person who is not able to think ...
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: July 23, 2025\LOH-ghee\ adjective
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Like sluggish and groggy, logy describes a person who is not able to think ...
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: 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...
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: July 22, 2025\JET-uh-sun\ verb
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When you jettison something, you get rid of it either because it is not needed...
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: 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...
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: July 21, 2025\HYOO-bris\ noun
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Hubris is a formal and literary word that refers to a great or foolish amount o...
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: July 20, 2025\UT-mohst\ adjective
What It Means
Utmost describes something that is the greatest or highest in degree, numbe...
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: July 20, 2025\UT-mohst\ adjective
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Utmost describes something that is the greatest or highest in degree, numbe...
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: July 19, 2025\dih-VYZE\ verb
What It Means
To devise is to invent or plan something that is difficult or complicated in som...
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: July 19, 2025\dih-VYZE\ verb
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To devise is to invent or plan something that is difficult or complicated in som...
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: July 15, 2025\TAN-tuh-lyze\ verb
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To tantalize someone is to cause them to feel interest or excitement about s...
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: July 15, 2025\TAN-tuh-lyze\ verb
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To tantalize someone is to cause them to feel interest or excitement about s...
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: July 14, 2025\NOO-ahnss\ noun
What It Means
A nuance is a very small difference in something, such as color, tone, meaning,...
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: July 14, 2025\NOO-ahnss\ noun
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A nuance is a very small difference in something, such as color, tone, meaning,...
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: July 13, 2025\kun-TRYTE\ adjective
What It Means
Contrite is a formal adjective used to describe someone who feels regret f...
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: July 13, 2025\kun-TRYTE\ adjective
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Contrite is a formal adjective used to describe someone who feels regret f...
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: July 12, 2025\im-PYOO-nuh-tee\ noun
What It Means
Impunity, usually used in the phrase "with impunity," refers to exemption...
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: July 12, 2025\im-PYOO-nuh-tee\ noun
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Impunity, usually used in the phrase "with impunity," refers to exemption...
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: July 9, 2025\sim-yuh-LAK-rum\ noun
What It Means
A simulacrum is a superficial likeness of something, usually as an imitati...
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: July 9, 2025\sim-yuh-LAK-rum\ noun
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A simulacrum is a superficial likeness of something, usually as an imitati...
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: July 8, 2025\ig-ZEM-pluh-ree\ adjective
What It Means
Something described as exemplary is extremely good and deserves to be...
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: July 8, 2025\ig-ZEM-pluh-ree\ adjective
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Something described as exemplary is extremely good and deserves to be...
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: July 7, 2025\pruh-KRASS-tuh-nayt\ verb
What It Means
To procrastinate is to be slow or late about doing something that shou...
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: July 7, 2025\pruh-KRASS-tuh-nayt\ verb
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To procrastinate is to be slow or late about doing something that shou...
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: July 6, 2025\AN-tik\ noun
What It Means
Antic refers to an attention-drawing, often wildly playful or funny act or action. ...
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: July 6, 2025\AN-tik\ noun
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Antic refers to an attention-drawing, often wildly playful or funny act or action. ...
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: July 3, 2025\DEH-sul-tor-ee\ adjective
What It Means
Desultory is a formal word used to describe something that lacks a pla...
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: July 3, 2025\DEH-sul-tor-ee\ adjective
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Desultory is a formal word used to describe something that lacks a pla...
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: 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 ...
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: July 2, 2025\guh-LUMF\ verb
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To galumph is to move in a loud and clumsy way.
// I could hear them galumphing ...
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: July 1, 2025\ver-BOHSS\ adjective
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Someone described as verbose tends to use many words to convey their point....
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: July 1, 2025\ver-BOHSS\ adjective
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Someone described as verbose tends to use many words to convey their point....
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: June 30, 2025\ik-SPUNJ\ verb
What It Means
To expunge something is to remove it completely, whether by obliterating it, str...
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: June 30, 2025\ik-SPUNJ\ verb
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To expunge something is to remove it completely, whether by obliterating it, str...
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: June 28, 2025\RES-tiv\ adjective
What It Means
Restive can describe a person or group feeling impatience or uneasiness, or ...
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: June 28, 2025\RES-tiv\ adjective
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Restive can describe a person or group feeling impatience or uneasiness, or ...