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PARSE verb | PARSS What It Means To parse something is to study it by looking closely at its parts. In grammar...

ANALOGUE noun | AN-uh-log What It Means Analogue refers to something that is similar to something else in design, origin, use,...

FULIGINOUS adjective | fyoo-LIJ-uh-nus What It Means Fuliginous is a formal adjective that is synonymous with sooty; it describes things related...

ELDRITCH adjective | EL-dritch What It Means Eldritch describes things that are strange or unnatural, especially in a way that inspires...

WEREWOLF noun | WAIR-woolf What It Means Werewolf refers to a person transformed into a wolf or capable of assuming a...

WORD OF THE DAY: PANDEMONIUM noun | pan-duh-MOH-nee-um What It Means Pandemonium refers to a situation in which a crowd...

WORD OF DAY: IRASCIBLE adjective | ir-RASS-uh-bul What It Means Someone who is irascible is easily angered and annoyed. //...

SHILL What It Means Shill is an informal word that is used disapprovingly to mean “to talk about or describe someone...

CADRE noun | KAD-ray What It Means Broadly, cadre can refer to any group of people with a unifying relationship, as in...

EXTRANEOUS adjective | ek-STRAY-nee-us What It Means Something described as extraneous does not form a necessary part of something else, and may...