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Post by NerdiestKen on Feb 8, 2024 5:02:25 GMT -6
Today's word - Fissile (adj) Fissile describes materials that are capable of undergoing fission—that is, the process in which the nucleus of a heavy atom is split apart, releasing a large amount of energy. Fissile can also be used to describe something, such as wood or crystals, capable of or prone to being split or divided in the direction of the grain along natural planes.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Feb 9, 2024 5:39:36 GMT -6
Today's word - MacGuffin (n) A MacGuffin is an object, event, or character in a film or story that serves to set and keep the plot in motion despite usually lacking intrinsic importance.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Feb 10, 2024 6:31:52 GMT -6
Today's word - Callous (adj) Someone or something described as callous does not feel or show any concern about the problems or suffering of other people.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Feb 11, 2024 5:24:32 GMT -6
Today's word - Quirk (n) Quirk refers to an unusual habit or way of behaving. It can also refer to something strange that happens by chance, as in “a quirk of fate.”
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Post by NerdiestKen on Feb 12, 2024 6:16:30 GMT -6
Today's word - Inveigh (v) Inveigh is a formal word that means "to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently." Like its synonym rail, it's typically used with against.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Feb 13, 2024 5:33:29 GMT -6
Today's word - Maladroit (adj) Maladroit is an adjective that means "incompetent" or "very awkward." It is usually used in formal speech and writing, and often describes people who lack skill in handling situations.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Feb 14, 2024 5:26:59 GMT -6
Today's word - Cupid (n) Cupid is the Roman god of erotic love. The word cupid in lowercase refers to a figure that represents Cupid as a naked usually winged boy often holding a bow and arrow.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Feb 15, 2024 5:16:34 GMT -6
Today's word - Enervate (v) Enervate is a formal word used for situations in which someone or something is being sapped of physical or mental vigor, vitality, or strength. The verb is most common in the participial forms enervated and enervating, as in "children enervated by the summer afternoon heat" and "a tedious discussion we found completely enervating."
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Post by NerdiestKen on Feb 16, 2024 5:20:55 GMT -6
Today's word - Turbid (adj) Turbid is a formal word that has several meanings having to do with literal or figurative muddiness or cloudiness. It's most often used literally to describe water that is thick or opaque with stirred-up sediment, as in "the river's turbid waters"; similarly, turbid air is smoky or misty. In figurative use, turbid describes things that lack clarity, as in "efforts to clear my turbid mind."
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Post by NerdiestKen on Feb 17, 2024 5:45:17 GMT -6
Today's word - Rapport (n) When you have a rapport with someone, your relationship is characterized by agreement, mutual understanding, or empathy that makes communication possible or easy.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Feb 18, 2024 5:03:16 GMT -6
Today's word - Fathom (v) To fathom something is to understand the reason for its existence or occurrence.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Feb 19, 2024 5:27:42 GMT -6
Today's word - Prestigious (adj) Something described as prestigious has the respect and admiration that someone or something gets for being successful or important.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Feb 20, 2024 5:25:02 GMT -6
Today's word - Buttress (n) A buttress is a structure built against a wall in order to support or strengthen it. More broadly, buttress may refer to anything that supports or strengthens. Buttress may also refer to something that resembles a buttress, such as a projecting part of a mountain or hill, a horny protuberance on a horse's hoof at the heel, or the broadened base of a tree trunk or a thickened vertical part of it.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Feb 21, 2024 5:36:14 GMT -6
Today's word - Lampoon (v) To lampoon someone or something is to ridicule that person or thing, especially through the use of harsh satire.
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Post by NerdiestKen on Feb 22, 2024 6:13:04 GMT -6
Today's word - Haggard (adj) Someone described as haggard appears tired or thin especially as if because of hunger, worry, or pain. Haggard can also describe someone who looks wild or otherwise disheveled.
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