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WORD OF THE DAY: MALADROIT adjective | mal-uh-DROYT What It Means Maladroit is an adjective that means "incompetent" or "very awkward."...

WORD OF THE DAY: SIGNET noun | SIG-nut What It Means Signet refers to a seal used officially to give...

INVEIGH verb | in-VAY What It Means Inveigh is a formal word that means "to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently."...

WORD OF THE DAY: QUIRK noun | KWERK What It Means Quirk refers to an unusual habit or way of...

WORD OF THE DAY: CALLOUS adjective | KAL-us What It Means Someone or something described as callous does not feel...

MACGUFFIN noun | muh-GUFF-in What It Means A MacGuffin is an object, event, or character in a film or story that serves...

FISSILE adjective FISS-ul What It Means Fissile describes materials that are capable of undergoing fission—that is, the process in which the nucleus of...

ABSOLVE verb ub-ZAHLV What It Means To absolve someone is to free them from a responsibility or commitment, or from the...

EMOTE verb | ih-MOHT What It Means To emote is to express emotion in a very dramatic or obvious way. // He...

GRATUITOUS adjective | gruh-TOO-uh-tuss What It Means Gratuitous describes things that are not necessary, appropriate, or justified, as in "a gratuitous...