Education & Technology

TERRAFORM verb | TEH-ruh-form What It Means To terraform something (such as a planet or moon) is to transform it so that...

by Karen Abrams As a mother, an advocate for quality education, and a concerned citizen, I am sounding the alarm...

REQUISITE adjective | REK-wuh-zut What It Means Requisite is a synonym of necessary and essential that describes something needed for a...

WORD OF THE DAY: MAELSTROM noun | MAIL-strum What It Means A maelstrom is a powerful often violent whirlpool that...

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...