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Word of the Day : March 21, 2017

AMELIORATE

verb uh-MEE-lee-uh-rayt

Definition

1 : to make better or more tolerable

2 : to grow better : improve

Examples

Access to clean water would ameliorate living conditions within the village.

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Word of the Day : March 15, 2017

GADZOOKERY

noun gad-ZOO-kuh-ree

Definition

: (British) the use of archaisms (as in a historical novel)

Examples

"Several other stories and verses that they jointly contributed to magazines are historical and melodramatic in tone, larded with archaic oaths and exclamations and generalgadzookery." — Julia Briggs, A Woman of Passion: The Life of E. Nesbit, 1987

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Word of the Day : March 9, 2017

OMINOUS

adjective AH-muh-nus

Definition

: being or exhibiting an omen :portentous; especially : foreboding or foreshadowing evil : inauspicious

Examples

Our fears about the picnic being cancelled were heightened by the sight of dark, ominous clouds appearing over the horizon.

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Word of the Day : March 8, 2017

RAMIFY

verb RAM-uh-fye

Definition

1 : to split up into branches or constituent parts

2 : to send forth branches or extensions

3 : to cause to branch

Examples

"In alternating chapters, 'The Lost Boy' moves back and forth in time, from a present-day whodunit set in a city … to a grim tale set in the 1870s on one of the myriad rocky islands lying off the coast. These narratives are related in fascinating ways, their threads crisscrossing and ramifyinginventively." — Anthony Lewis, The Providence Journal, 27 Nov. 2016

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Word of the Day : March 7, 2017

SYNCRETISM

noun SING-kruh-tiz-um

Definition

1 : the combination of different forms of belief or practice

2 : the fusion of two or more originally different inflectional forms

Examples

"Dance caller and historian Phil Jamison … argues convincingly … that American square dance is not a colonial relic from the British Isles, but rather a uniquely American syncretism of European, African and Native American influences." — Gabriel Popkin, The Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2016

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Word of the Day : March 6, 2017

POSTULATE

verb PAHSS-chuh-layt

Definition

1 : demand, claim

2 a : to assume or claim as true, existent, or necessary

b : to assume as an axiom or as a hypothesis advanced as an essential presupposition, condition, or premise of a train of reasoning (as in logic or mathematics)

Examples

"Some postulate that the moment when machines surpass humans in intelligence may not be that far off." — Vicky Allan, The Sunday Herald (Glasgow), 22 Jan. 2017

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Word of the Day : March 5, 2017

AFFABLE

adjective AF-uh-bul

Definition

1 : being pleasant and at ease in talking to others

2 : characterized by ease and friendliness

Examples

Michelle looked forward to sharing her coffee breaks with Joe, one of her more affable coworkers.

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Word of the Day : March 4, 2017

NUGATORY

adjective NOO-guh-tor-ee

Definition

1 : of little or no consequence :trifling, inconsequential

2 : having no force : inoperative

Examples

"The novel's greatest talker is Sandro's best friend, Ronnie Fontaine, whose photographs (such as we hear about them) seem nugatory, but whose stories are captivating." — James Wood, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2013

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