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WORD OF THE DAY: OBVIATE verb|AHB-vee-ayt What It Means To obviate something (usually a need for something, or a necessity)...

WORD OF THE DAY: DURESS noun|dur-RESS What It Means Duress, which is typically used with under, refers to force or...

WORD OF THE DAY: FINICKY adjective|FIN-ih-kee What It Means Finicky describes someone who is very hard to please, or something that...

WORD OF THE DAY: CANDOR noun|KAN-der What It Means Candor refers to the quality of being open, sincere, and honest....

WORD OF THE DAY: EMBARRASS verb|im-BAIR-us What It Means To embarrass someone is to make them feel confused and foolish...

WORD OF THE DAY: SONOROUS adjective|SAH-nuh-rus What It Means Sonorous is an adjective used in formal speech and writing to...

WORD OF THE DAY: REPERTOIRE noun|REP-er-twahr What It Means Repertoire typically refers to a list or supply of plays, songs,...

WORD OF THE DAY: GIBBOUS adjective|JIB-us What It Means Gibbous is most often used to describe the moon or a...

WORD OF THE DAY: ATONE verb|uh-TOHN What It Means To atone for something is to make amends for it—that is,...

WORD OF THE DAY: PRETERNATURAL adjective|pree-ter-NATCH-uh-rul What It Means Preternatural is a formal adjective used to describe things that are...