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🌟 Word of the day: writhe
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈrīt͟h
📖 Definition: to twist into coils or folds
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: radial
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈrā-dē-əl
📖 Definition: arranged or having parts arranged like rays
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: heyday
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈhā-ˌdā
📖 Definition: the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: peremptory
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: pə-ˈrem(p)-t(ə-)rē
📖 Definition: putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: abide
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: ə-ˈbīd
📖 Definition: to bear patiently tolerate
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: doughty
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈdau̇-tē
📖 Definition: marked by fearless resolution valiant
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: temerity
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: tə-ˈmer-ə-tē
📖 Definition: unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition rashness, recklessness
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: improvident
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: (ˌ)im-ˈprä-və-dənt
📖 Definition: not provident not foreseeing and providing for the future
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: bromide
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈbrō-ˌmīd
📖 Definition: a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: vamoose
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: və-ˈmüs
📖 Definition: to depart quickly
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: conciliatory
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: kən-ˈsil-yə-ˌtȯr-ē
📖 Definition: intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility tending or intended to conciliate
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: lout
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈlau̇t
📖 Definition: to bow in respect
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: spontaneous
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: spän-ˈtā-nē-əs
📖 Definition: proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: fidelity
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: fə-ˈde-lə-tē
📖 Definition: the quality or state of being faithful
November 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: arbitrary
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈär-bə-ˌtrer-ē
📖 Definition: existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: ostracize
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈä-strə-ˌsīz
📖 Definition: to exile by ostracism
November 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: hobgoblin
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈhäb-ˌgäb-lən
📖 Definition: a mischievous goblin
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: truculent
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈtrə-kyə-lənt
📖 Definition: aggressively self-assertive belligerent
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: deliquesce
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: ˌde-li-ˈkwes
📖 Definition: to dissolve or melt away
October 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: menagerie
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: -ˈna-jə-
📖 Definition: a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition
October 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: acerbic
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: ə-ˈsər-bik
📖 Definition: sharply or bitingly critical, sarcastic, or ironic in temper, mood, or tone
October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: cognoscente
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: ˌkän-yə-ˈshen-tē
📖 Definition: a person who has expert knowledge in a subject connoisseur
October 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: wreak
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈrēk
📖 Definition: bring about, cause
October 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: rancid
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈran(t)-səd
📖 Definition: having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition
October 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🌟 Word of the day: litany
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈli-tə-nē
📖 Definition: a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation
October 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM