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WORD OF THE DAY: REQUITE verb | rih-KWYTE What It Means To requite is to give or do something in return for...

QUALM noun | KWAHM What It Means A qualm is a feeling of doubt or uncertainty about whether one is doing the...

WORD OF THE DAY: LEXICAL adjective | LEK-sih-kul What It Means To describe something as lexical is to say that it is...

 WORD OF THE DAY: ALLUSION noun | uh-LOO-zhun What It Means An allusion is a reference to something that avoids...

WORD OF THE DAY: CAVALIER adjective | kav-uh-LEER What It Means Someone described as cavalier shows no concern for important...

WORD OF THE DAY: VENERATE verb | VEN-uh-rayt What It Means To venerate someone or something is to feel or...

WORD OF THE DAY: BROGUE noun | BROHG What It Means A brogue is a low shoe, usually made of...

SUBLIMATE verb | SUB-luh-mayt What It Means To sublimate something—such as an impulse, desire, or feeling—is to express it in a changed...

Merriam-Webster’s 2024 Word of the Year is polarisation, which happens to be one idea that both sides of the political...