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Word of the Week: Humdinger
Humdinger 1. a person, thing, action, or statement of remarkable excellence or effect. Source: Dictionary
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Word of the Week: Dissilient
Dissilient 1. bursting apart; bursting open. Source: Dictionary
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Word of the Week: Troubadour
Troubadour 1. one of a class of medieval lyric poets who flourished principally in southern France from the 11th to…
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Word of the Week: Sprechgesang
Sprechgesang 1. a vocal style intermediate between speech and singing but without exact pitch intonation. Source: Dictionary
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Word of the Week: Edacity
Edacity 1. the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite. Source: Dictionary
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Word of The Week: Grammatology
Grammatology 1. the scientific study of systems of writing. Source: Dictionary
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Word of The Week: Perfidious
Perfidious 1. deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful. Source: Dictionary
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Word of The Week: Lese Majesty
Lese Majesty 1. an attack on any custom, institution, belief, etc., held sacred or revered by numbers of people. Source:…
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Word of The Week: Rifacimento
Rifacimento 1. a recast or adaptation, as of a literary or musical work. Source: Dictionary
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Word of The Week: Lyceum
Lyceum 1. an institution for popular education providing discussions, lectures, concerts, etc. Source: Dictionary
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Work of the Week: Diglossia
Diglossia 1. the widespread existence within a society of sharply divergent formal and informal varieties of a language each used in…
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Word of The Week: Execrable
Execrable 1. utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent. Source: Dictionary
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Word of The Week: Battology
Battology 1. wearisome repetition of words in speaking or writing. Source: Dictionary
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Word of The Week: De Profundis
De Profundis 1. out of the depths (of sorrow, despair, etc.). Source: Dictionary
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Word of The Week: Mordacious
Mordacious 1. sharp or caustic in style, tone, etc. Source: Dictionary
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Word of the Week: Soigné
Soigné 1. carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed. Source: Dictionary
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Word of the Week: Verisimilitude
Verisimilitude 1. the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability. Source: Dictionary
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Word of the Week: Demimonde
Demimonde 1. a group characterized by lack of success or status. Source: Dictionary
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Word of the Week: Prolepsis
Prolepsis 1. Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance. Source: Dictionary
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Word of the Week: Hypothecate
Hypothecate 1. to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage. Source: Dictionary
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