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WORD OF THE DAY: ALLEVIATE verb|uh-LEE-vee-ayt What It Means To alleviate something is to make it less painful, difficult, or...

WAGGISH adjective WAG-ish What It Means Waggish describes someone who is silly and playful, and especially someone who displays a mischievous sense...

LEVIATHAN noun luh-VYE-uh-thun What It Means Leviathan is a word with literary flair that can refer broadly to something very large and...

GRIFT verb | GRIFT What It Means To grift is to use dishonest tricks to illegally take money or property. //...

PALTRY adjective PAWL-tree What It Means Paltry is a formal word that can describe something that is very small or too small...

WORD OF THE DAY: BRAVADO noun|bruh-VAH-doh What It Means Bravado refers to confident or brave talk or behavior that is intended...

WORD OF DAY: ENIGMATIC What It Means Something or someone described as enigmatic is mysterious and difficult to understand. //...

WORD OF THE DAY: SENSIBILITY noun|sen-suh-BIL-uh-tee What It Means Sensibility is a formal word often used in its plural form...

INOCULATE verb ih-NAHK-yuh-layt What It Means To inoculate a person or animal is to introduce immunologically active material (such as an antibody or antigen)...

WORD OF THE DAY: INOCULATE verb|ih-NAHK-yuh-layt What It Means To inoculate a person or animal is to introduce immunologically active...