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- Word of the Day: Edify | Merriam-Webster
When you edify someone, you’re helping them build character This figurative 'building' is key to understanding the history of edify This word is an evolution of the Latin verb aedificare, originally
- Word of the Day: Inimitable | Merriam-Webster
Something that is inimitable is, literally, not able to be imitated In actual usage the word describes things so uniquely extraordinary as to not be copied or equaled, which is why you often hear it
- Word of the Day: Litany | Merriam-Webster
What It Means Litany usually refers to a long list of complaints, problems, etc It can also refer to a sizable series or set, a lengthy recitation, a repetitive chant, or a particular kind of call-and-response prayer Among the television critic’s litany of complaints about the new series is the anachronistic costume design See the entry > litany in Context
- Word of the Day: Envisage | Merriam-Webster
December 25, 2023 | to have a mental picture of something Envisage this: a word is borrowed from French in the mid-17th century and sticks around to be used in the 21st It’s not hard to picture;
- Word of the Day: Permeable - Merriam-Webster
“Our landscapes are changing … they’re becoming less permeable to wildlife at the precise moment animals need to move most,” writes Ben Goldfarb in his book Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the
- Word of the Day: Exculpate | Merriam-Webster
There’s no need to say “my bad” if you’re unfamiliar with exculpate; while the word is far from rare, it is most often encountered in formal writing in reference to the clearing of someone of alleged
- Word of the Day: Lexical | Merriam-Webster
The word lexical and its relatives have a special place in our hearts (and in our dictionaries) In addition to referring to one's personal vocabulary, lexicon can be used as a synonym of dictionary,
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