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memento

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2024/09/08

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 8, 2024 is:memento • \muh-MEN-toh\ • noun Memento is a synonym of souvenir; it refers to something that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or thing. // The box on the shelf in her closet is filled with mementos of her basketball career—awards, newspaper clippings, team photographs, and her old uniform. See the entry > Examples: “In the months after the Eagles trial was tossed

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vilify

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2024/09/07

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 7, 2024 is: vilify • \VIL-uh-fye\ • verb To vilify someone or something is to say or write very harsh and critical things about them. The word is a synonym of defame. // They were vilified in the press for their comments. See the entry > Examples: “The eagerness to vilify ‘the other side’—usually on social media—complicates the less reactionary work that defines our mission.” — Jerry

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vilify

Merriam-Webster"s Word of the Day ·

2024/09/07

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replete

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2024/09/06

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 6, 2024 is:replete • \rih-PLEET\ • adjective Replete is an adjective used to describe things as "fully or abundantly provided or filled," "abundantly fed," "stout," or "complete." // The book is replete with photographs. // Everyone settled back and relaxed, replete after the meal. // The hotel room was replete with all the amenities you'd expect. See the entry > Examples: "Her pantry

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00:02:11

gridiron

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2024/09/05

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 5, 2024 is:gridiron • \GRID-eye-ern\ • noun A gridiron is a football field. The word gridiron is also used sometimes to refer to a grate for broiling food (as in “put the steaks on the gridiron”) or something consisting of or covered with a network (as in “a gridiron of streets and avenues”). // The book recounts the quarterback’s most glorious moments on the gridiron. See the entry >

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00:01:49

ensconce

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2024/09/04

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 4, 2024 is:ensconce • \in-SKAHNSS\ • verb Someone or something ensconced is firmly placed or hidden. Ensconce can be a synonym of shelter and conceal, or of establish and settle. // The sculpture is safely ensconced behind glass. // He ensconced himself in the library's back room for the afternoon. See the entry > Examples: "Portraying the autocratic chancellor of an unnamed Central

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00:01:28

cronyism

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2024/09/03

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 3, 2024 is: cronyism • \KROH-nee-iz-um\ • noun Cronyism is the unfair practice by a powerful person (such as a politician) of giving jobs and other favors to friends without regard for their qualifications. // City residents are pushing back against cronyism and corruption in their local government. See the entry > Examples: “Expertise, not cronyism, is needed to determine which

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00:02:37

incandescent

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2024/09/02

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 2, 2024 is: incandescent • \in-kun-DESS-unt\ • adjective Incandescent has literal and figurative meanings. Its literal meanings relate to heat and light; it describes something that is white or glowing because of great heat, and also something (like a light bulb) that produces bright light when heated. In figurative use, incandescent relates to several kinds of brilliance. Something or someone described as

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00:02:06

skirl

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2024/09/01

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 1, 2024 is:skirl • \SKERL\ • verb Skirl means "to play the bagpipes" when the subject of the sentence is a person, as in "the piper skirled." When bagpipes are the subject (as in "the bagpipes skirled"), skirl means "to emit the high shrill tone of the chanter," with chanter referring to the reed pipe on which the bagpipe's melody is played. // The attention of the parade-goers was fully captured the

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00:02:13

Byzantine

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2024/08/31

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 31, 2024 is: Byzantine • \BIZ-un-teen\ • adjective Something described as byzantine (or Byzantine) is very complicated, secret, and hard to understand. In its most literal (and always capitalized) sense, Byzantine describes that which is "of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient city of Byzantium." // The company's byzantine accounting practices have gotten it into trouble with the government. //

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mise-en-scène

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2024/08/30

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 30, 2024 is:mise-en-scène • \meez-ahn-SEN\ • noun Mise-en-scène can refer to the setting of a play, movie, etc., or it can refer to the physical or social setting in which something real occurs or develops. // The mise-en-scène is spare, comprising only a table and two chairs under a low-hanging light. // We fell in love with the blue skies and gorgeous architecture that form the mise-en-scène of this

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clement

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2024/08/29

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 29, 2024 is:clement • \KLEM-unt\ • adjective Clement is a formal word used to describe weather that is mild, or in other words, neither too hot nor too cold. Clement is also sometimes used to describe someone who is inclined to be merciful or lenient, as in “a clement judge.” // Although she loves visiting the northeast, Sue prefers to live in places with a more clement climate, without heavy snows or high

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lollygag

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2024/08/28

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 28, 2024 is:lollygag • \LAH-lee-gag\ • verb To lollygag is to spend time doing things that are not useful or serious, or in other words, to fool around and waste time. // Stop lollygagging and get to work! // The player was kicked off the team for lollygagging during practice. See the entry > Examples: “Pete … dates all the way back to 1925 in the Disney ‘Alice Comedies.’ He’s older than

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00:02:01

propinquity

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2024/08/27

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 27, 2024 is: propinquity • \pruh-PING-kwuh-tee\ • noun Propinquity is a formal word that typically refers to nearness in place or time, making it a synonym of proximity. It can also be used as a synonym of kinship to refer to the state of being related to others by blood. // The geographical propinquity of these ancient cultures explains many of the architectural similarities. See the entry >

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fallacious

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2024/08/26

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 26, 2024 is: fallacious • \fuh-LAY-shus\ • adjective Fallacious is a formal word that typically describes something, such as an argument or assumption, that is false or inaccurate and that tends to mislead or deceive others. // The notion that disease is caused by malign spirits was known to be fallacious long before the advent of germ theory. See the entry > Examples: "Bad legislation and

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00:02:21

attenuate

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2024/08/25

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 25, 2024 is:attenuate • \uh-TEN-yuh-wayt\ • verb To attenuate something is to make it weaker or less in amount, effect, or force. // The switch from the clack of typewriters to the quiet tap of computer keyboards greatly attenuated the noise level of the office. See the entry > Examples: “The food sources at sea may well be sometimes subject to human greed, but the puffin colony on the

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jeremiad

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2024/08/24

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 24, 2024 is: jeremiad • \jair-uh-MYE-ud\ • noun Jeremiad refers to a long cautionary or angry rant about something. It can also refer to a similarly prolonged lamentation, or expression of great sorrow or deep sadness. // His jeremiad about trivial problems with the campsite didn’t go over well with his friends. See the entry > Examples: “One of the most exciting exhibitions now on view is

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00:01:38

newfangled

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2024/08/23

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 23, 2024 is:newfangled • \NOO-FANG-guld\ • adjective Newfangled describes something that has been recently invented or developed, and usually implies that this new thing is difficult for some to understand. // The neighbors are always showing off their new gadgets and tools, but I feel no need for those newfangled contraptions. See the entry > Examples: "This important historical

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00:01:43

dearth

Merriam-Webster"s Word of the Day ·

2024/08/22

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 22, 2024 is:dearth • \DERTH\ • noun Dearth refers to a lack or inadequate supply. It is usually followed by of. // There is no dearth of opportunities for volunteers at the fair. See the entry > Examples: “Of course, it’s one thing to survey the marketplace and acknowledge the dearth of female voices in genres like history and biography. It’s another entirely to understand in practical

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00:01:34

ossify

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2024/08/21

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 21, 2024 is:ossify • \AH-suh-fye\ • verb In general contexts, something that ossifies becomes hardened or conventional and opposed to change. In medical contexts, something that ossifies (such as cartilage) forms or is transformed into bone. // I asked if she'd reconsider her position, but her opinions on the matter have clearly ossified. See the entry > Examples: "... we all probably need

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