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WORD OF THE DAY DETAILS

# Title Description Date
1 Hex

to bewitch; practice witchcraft on.

12-Oct-2021
2 Fartlek

a training technique, used especially among runners, consisting of bursts of intense effort loosely alternating with less strenuous activity.

11-Oct-2021
3 Armscye

the armhole opening in a garment through which the hand, and then the arm, passes, and to which a sleeve may be attached.

09-Oct-2021
4 Gramarye

occult learning; magic.

06-Oct-2021
5 Inculcate

to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly.

05-Oct-2021
6 Weltanschauung

a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity's relation to it.

04-Oct-2021
7 Scrimp

to be sparing or frugal; economize.

01-Oct-2021
8 Aureate

golden or gilded.

30-Sep-2021
9 Cordial

courteous and gracious.

29-Sep-2021
10 Rout

a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder.

28-Sep-2021
11 Chernozem

a soil common in cool or temperate semiarid climates, very black and rich in humus and carbonates.

27-Sep-2021
12 Codicil

any supplement; appendix.

25-Sep-2021
13 Butte

an isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly above the surrounding land.

24-Sep-2021
14 Trident

a three-pronged instrument or weapon.

23-Sep-2021
15 Muliebrity

womanly nature or qualities.

22-Sep-2021
16 Serotinal

pertaining to or occurring in late summer.

21-Sep-2021
17 Iridescent

displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow.

20-Sep-2021
18 Yore

time past.

18-Sep-2021
19 Wampum

cylindrical beads made from shells, pierced and strung, used by North American Indians as a medium of exchange, for ornaments, and for ceremonial and sometimes spiritual purposes.

17-Sep-2021
20 Azure

of or having a light, purplish shade of blue, like that of a clear and unclouded sky.

16-Sep-2021
21 Repentance

deep sorrow, compunction, or contrition for a past sin, wrongdoing, or the like.

15-Sep-2021
22 Camion

a truck, as for military supplies.

14-Sep-2021
23 Exclave

a portion of a country geographically separated from the main part by surrounding foreign territory.

10-Sep-2021
24 glitz

ostentatious glitter or sophistication.

09-Sep-2021
25 Cathartic

of or relating to the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music.

08-Sep-2021
26 lucubrate

to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.

07-Sep-2021
27 indefatigable

incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.

06-Sep-2021
28 Connubial

of marriage or wedlock; matrimonial; conjugal.

04-Sep-2021
29 Moratorium

a suspension of activity.

03-Sep-2021
30 Lodestone

Something that attracts strongly.

02-Sep-2021
31 Alma mater

a school, college, or university at which one has studied and, usually, from which one has graduated.

01-Sep-2021
32 gorgonize

hypnotize; petrify.

31-Aug-2021
33 Nostrum

a pet scheme or remedy, especially for social or political ills; panacea.

30-Aug-2021
34 orogeny

the process of mountain making or upheaval.

27-Aug-2021
35 Xanadu

a place of great beauty, luxury, and contentment.

26-Aug-2021
36 mishpocha

an entire family network comprising relatives by blood and marriage and sometimes including close friends; clan.

25-Aug-2021
37 rapprochement

an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations.

24-Aug-2021
38 prelapsarian

characteristic of or pertaining to any innocent or carefree period.

23-Aug-2021
39 arete

the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.

21-Aug-2021
40 Phlegethon

a stream of fire or fiery light.

19-Aug-2021
41 vamoose

to leave hurriedly or quickly; decamp.

18-Aug-2021
42 Minatory

menacing; threatening.

17-Aug-2021
43 zugzwang

in chess, a situation in which a player is limited to moves that cost pieces or have a damaging positional effect.

16-Aug-2021
44 ambisinister

clumsy or unskillful with both hands.

13-Aug-2021
45 flump

to plump down suddenly or heavily; flop.

12-Aug-2021
46 skerrick

a small piece or quantity; a bit.

11-Aug-2021
47 hegira

any flight or journey to a more desirable or congenial place.

09-Aug-2021
48 Apopemptic

pertaining to leave-taking or departing; valedictory.

06-Aug-2021
49 tohubohu

chaos; disorder; confusion.

05-Aug-2021
50 penetralia

the innermost parts or recesses of a place or thing.

04-Aug-2021