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WORD OF THE DAY: UPBRAID verb | up-BRAYD What It Means To upbraid someone is to speak to them in...

WORD OF THE DAY: GAUNTLET noun | GAWNT-lut What It Means Gauntlet was first used in English to refer to...

WORD OF THE DAY: COPACETIC adjective | koh-puh-SET-ik What It Means Copacetic (less commonly spelled copasetic or copesetic) describes things...

WORD OF THE DAY: MYRIAD noun MEER-ee-ud What It Means The noun myriad is usually followed by of and means...

EMBARGO noun | im-BAHR-goh   What It Means Embargo refers to a government order that limits trade in some way. In...

PUNDIT noun | PUN-dit What It Means A pundit is someone who is usually considered an expert on a particular subject and...

CAUSTIC adjective | KAWSS-tik What It Means In general contexts, caustic describes bluntly and harshly critical remarks, statements, or ways of being...

OXYMORON noun | ahk-sih-MOR-ahn What It Means An oxymoron is a combination of words that have opposite or very different meanings, such...

ASSAY verb | a-SAY What It Means Assay is a technical word meaning "to test something (such as a metal or...

MYRIAD noun | MEER-ee-ud What It Means The noun myriad is usually followed by of and means “a great number,” as in...