Tag: words
member name: Yvette F.
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November 30, 2006 08:18 AM EST --
The Webster Word of the Day for November 30 is:
poikilotherm \poi-KEE-luh-therm\ noun
: an organism (as a frog) with a variable body temperature that tends to fluctuate with and is similar to or . . .
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November 26, 2006 08:42 AM EST --
The Webster Word of the Day for November 26 is:
steganography \steg-uh-NAH-gruh-fee\ noun
: the art or practice of concealing a message, image, or file within another message, image, or file
Example . . .
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November 29, 2006 08:04 AM EST --
The Webster Word of the Day for November 29 is:
affable \AF-uh-bul\ adjective
*1 : being pleasant and at ease in talking to others
2 : characterized by ease and friendliness
Example sentence: . . .
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August 24, 2007 10:23 AM EDT --
Being a word-lover, I subscribe to Webster's word of the Day and today's word was "crambo". Interesting word (lots of good potential for funny "balderdash" fake . . .
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December 30, 2006 08:18 AM EST --
The Webster Word of the Day for December 30 is:
slapstick \SLAP-stick\ noun
1 : a device made of two flat pieces of wood fastened at one end so as to make a loud noise when used by an actor to strike . . .
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December 27, 2006 11:05 AM EST --
The Webster Word of the Day for December 27 is:
1 a : characterized by or suffering from vertigo or dizziness b : inclined to frequent and often pointless change : inconstant
*2 : causing or tending . . .
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February 18, 2007 11:41 AM EST --
The Word of the Day for February 18 is:
scintilla \sin-TILL-uh\ noun
: spark, trace
Example sentence:
After the witness's frank and bruising testimony, neither my brother nor I was left with . . .
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April 09, 2007 09:27 PM EDT --
This is often my screenname and what is on my license plate. Can you figure out what it means? Here's a hint:
CINO => pronounced like the end of my last name
YV => pronounced . . .
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February 02, 2008 09:10 AM EST --
I've notice new "happy" words popping up lately. I love happy words. My son and I both say "Yay" so often that it's losing a little of it's potency. There's . . .
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November 25, 2006 02:39 PM EST --
Thanks to Websters-Word-Of-The-Day the word today is:
The Word of the Day for November 25 is:
inveigle \in-VAY-gul\ verb
*1 : to win over by wiles : entice
2 : to acquire by ingenuity or flattery . . .
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November 28, 2006 06:34 AM EST --
The Word of the Day for November 28 is:
cerulean \suh-ROO-lee-un\ adjective
: resembling the blue of the sky
Example sentence:
The painting depicted a series of tall, verdant trees surrounding . . .
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December 02, 2006 10:13 AM EST --
The Webster Word of the Day for December 02 is:
abyssal \uh-BISS-ul\ adjective
1 : impossible to comprehend : unfathomable
*2 : of or relating to the bottom waters of the ocean depths
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December 03, 2006 09:14 AM EST --
The Word of the Day for December 03 is:
gourmand \GOOR-mahnd\ noun
1 : one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking
*2 : one who is heartily interested in good food and drink
Example sentence: . . .
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December 24, 2006 08:40 AM EST --
The Webster Word of the Day for December 24 is:
rue \ROO\ verb
*transitive sense: to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for
intransitive sense : to feel sorrow, remorse, or regret
Example sentence: . . .
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November 23, 2006 11:16 AM EST --
I want to try something new. I subscribe to Webster's Word of the Day and I thought it would be fun to write a short sentence or paragraph using that word. I want other people to play along . . .
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November 24, 2006 07:49 AM EST --
I created a new group dedicated to taking Webster's Word-of-the-Day and using it in a sentence. The sentence should make sense grammatically, but can be silly or creative. Feel free . . .
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December 01, 2006 07:29 AM EST --
The Webster Word of the Day for December 01 is:
clerihew \KLAIR-ih-hyoo\ noun
: a light verse quatrain rhyming aabb and usually dealing with a person named in the initial rhyme
Example sentence: . . .
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December 10, 2006 10:57 AM EST --
The Webster Word of the Day for December 10 is:
Pecksniffian \pek-SNIFF-ee-un\ adjective
: unctuously hypocritical : sanctimonious
Example sentence:
"His book suffers from excessively long . . .
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December 28, 2006 08:28 AM EST --
The Webster Word of the Day for Dec. 28 is
inculcate • \in-KUL-kayt\
: to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions Example Sentence: More than anything, Don and Gloria . . .
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December 23, 2006 10:41 AM EST --
The Webster Word of the Day for December 23 is:
adamantine \ad-uh-MAN-teen\ adjective
1 : made of or having the quality of adamant
*2 : rigidly firm : unyielding
3 : resembling the diamond in . . .
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