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WORD OF THE DAY: ZEUGMA noun   |   ZOOG-muh Zeugma refers to wordplay in which a single word relates to other...

WORD OF THE DAY: CIRCUMSCRIBE verb   |   SER-kum-skrybe To circumscribe something is to limit its range or activity. // The...

VACUOUS adjective | VAK-yuh-wus What It Means Vacuous is a formal word indicating a lack of thought, intelligence, or substance. //...

WORD OF THE DAY: SALVO noun   |   SAL-voh In military contexts, salvo refers to various actions involving discharge or release...

GNOMIC adjective | NOH-mik What It Means Gnomic is a formal word that describes something cryptically said or written in few...

BAPTISM OF FIRE noun | BAP-tiz-um-uv-FYRE What It Means A baptism of fire (or baptism by fire, as it is...

WORD OF THE DAY: PEDAGOGICAL adjective   |   ped-uh-GAH-jih-kul Pedagogical is a formal word used to describe things that are of...

WORD OF THE DAY: ANECDOTE noun   |   AN-ik-doht An anecdote is a short narrative about an interesting, funny, or biographical...

WORD OF THE DAY: NURTURE verb   |   NER-cher Nurture is most often used to mean “to help someone or something...

INVIDIOUS adjective | in-VID-ee-us What It Means Invidious is a formal word used to describe things that are unpleasant and likely...