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Today's word is boost.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boost

Choose the Right Synonym for boost

Verb

lift, raise, rear, elevate, hoist, heave, boost mean to move from a lower to a higher place or position.

lift usually implies exerting effort to overcome resistance of weight. lift the chair while I vacuum

raise carries a stronger implication of bringing up to the vertical or to a high position. scouts raising a flagpole

rear may add an element of suddenness to raise. suddenly reared itself up on its hind legs

elevate may replace lift or raise especially when exalting or enhancing is implied. elevated the taste of the public

hoist implies lifting something heavy especially by mechanical means. hoisted the cargo on board

heave implies lifting and throwing with great effort or strain. heaved the heavy crate inside

boost suggests assisting to climb or advance by a push. boosted his brother over the fence

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Today's word is moment.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moment

Choose the Right Synonym for moment

importance, consequence, moment, weight, significance mean a quality or aspect having great worth or significance.

importance implies a value judgment of the superior worth or influence of something or someone. a region with no cities of importance

consequence generally implies importance because of probable or possible effects. the style you choose is of little consequence

moment implies conspicuous or self-evident consequence. a decision of great moment

weight implies a judgment of the immediate relative importance of something. the argument carried no weight with the judge

significance implies a quality or character that should mark a thing as important but that is not self-evident and may or may not be recognized. the treaty's significance

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Today's word is clique (by request in previous word-of-the-day).
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clique

a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons

Synonyms

body, bunch, circle, clan, community, coterie, coven, crowd, fold, galre, gang, klatch (also klatsch), lot, network, pack, ring, set

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Today's word is nature.
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nature

Choose the Right Synonym for nature

type, kind, sort, nature, description, character mean a number of individuals thought of as a group because of a common quality or qualities.

type may suggest strong and clearly marked similarity throughout the items included so that each is typical of the group. one of three basic body types

kind may suggest natural grouping. a zoo seemingly having animals of every kind

sort often suggests some disparagement. the sort of newspaper dealing in sensational stories

nature may imply inherent, essential resemblance rather than obvious or superficial likenesses. two problems of a similar nature

description implies a group marked by agreement in all details belonging to a type as described or defined. not all acts of that description are actually illegal

character implies a group marked by distinctive likenesses peculiar to the type. research on the subject so far has been of an elementary character

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Today's word is empathy.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empathy

Did You Know?

In the 19th century, Charles Dickens counted on producing an empathetic response in his readers strong enough to make them buy the next newspaper installment of each novel. Today, when reading a novel such as A Tale of Two Cities, only the most hard-hearted reader could fail to feel empathy for Sidney Carton as he approaches the guillotine. One who empathizes suffers along with the one who feels the sensations directly. Empathy is similar to sympathy, but empathy usually suggests stronger, more instinctive feeling. So a person who feels sympathy, or pity, for victims of a war in Asia may feel empathy for a close friend going through the much smaller disaster of a divorce.

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Today's word is intuitive.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intuitive

Does intuitive have anything to do with a sixth sense?

Nowadays, we often see intuitive used in contexts pertaining to technology that is easy to understand. A smartphone with an intuitive interface is one that doesn't need much explaining; you can usually figure out how it works as soon as you fire it up.

The related noun intuition, meanwhile, describes a feeling of knowing or understanding something without evident rational thought and inference. A parent's intuition might tell him or her that a child is in danger, even if there is no logical reason to believe so.

So does intuitive have anything to do with what is often called the sixth sense? Well, the sixth sense is defined as "a keen intuitive power." It is synonymous with ESP or extrasensory perception. As its name implies, ESP describes a purported ability to know something that cannot be known by normal use of the senses.

The Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget (1896-1980) used the term intuitive substage to refer to the stage of cognitive development when children have acquired a vast amount of knowledge but have not considered how they acquired it, so they accept it as true.

An interface is intuitive because it makes sense according to what we expect from how older interfaces are designed. A parent's intuitive sense of danger may still be prompted by subtle hints that things just aren't as they should be, even if the parent cannot identify exactly how. So while sixth sense refers to the ability to acquire knowledge from beyond the five senses, intuitive tends to apply more to knowledge absorbed through experience, even when not immediately recognized as such.

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Today's word is mediocre.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mediocre

The Enduring Moderation of Mediocre

One of the things that is remarkable about mediocre is the extent to which it has retained its meaning over the course of more than four centuries of continual use. The word, when used as an adjective, has changed very little, if at all, in its meaning since it was used in a 1586 book titled The English Secretorie (our earliest known evidence): Mediocre, a meane betwixt high and low, vehement and slender, too much and too little as we saye. . . . The word comes to English via Middle French from the Latin word mediocris, meaning "of medium size, moderate, middling, commonplace," and perhaps originally "halfway to the top." The noun form of mediocre is mediocrity.

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Today's word is gift.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gift

Choose the Right Synonym for gift

Noun

gift, faculty, aptitude, bent, talent, genius, knack mean a special ability for doing something.

gift often implies special favor by God or nature. the gift of singing beautifully

faculty applies to an innate or less often acquired ability for a particular accomplishment or function. a faculty for remembering names

aptitude implies a natural liking for some activity and the likelihood of success in it. a mechanical aptitude

bent is nearly equal to aptitude but it stresses inclination perhaps more than specific ability. a family with an artistic bent

talent suggests a marked natural ability that needs to be developed. has enough talent to succeed

genius suggests impressive inborn creative ability. has no great genius for poetry

knack implies a comparatively minor but special ability making for ease and dexterity in performance. the knack of getting along

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Today's word is clue.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clue

Did You Know?

The word clue was originally a variant spelling of clew, meaning ball of thread or yarn. Our modern sense of clue, guide to the solution of a mystery, grows out of a motif in myth and folklore, the ball of thread that helps in finding ones way out of a maze. Of these stories the best known is the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. In the myth, Theseus unravels a ball of thread as he searches for the monstrous Minotaur in the Labyrinth. After killing the Minotaur, he retraces his steps out of the maze by rewinding the thread.

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Today's word is prove.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prove

proved or proven?: Usage Guide

The past participle proven, originally the past participle of preve, a Middle English variant of prove that survived in Scotland, has gradually worked its way into standard English over the past three and a half centuries. It seems to have first become established in legal use and to have come only slowly into literary use. Tennyson was one of its earliest frequent users, probably for metrical reasons. It was disapproved by 19th century grammarians, one of whom included it in a list of "words that are not words." Surveys made some 50 or 60 years ago indicated that proved was about four times as frequent as proven. But our evidence from the last 30 or 35 years shows this no longer to be the case. As a past participle proven is now about as frequent as proved in all contexts. As an attributive adjective proved or proven gas reserves proven is much more common than proved.

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Today's word is platform.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/platform

Synonyms

dais, podium, rostrum, stage, stand, tribune

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Today's word is argument.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/argument

Synonyms

altercation, argle-bargle [chiefly British], argy-bargy [chiefly British], battle royal, bicker, brawl, contretemps, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, falling-out, fight, hassle, imbroglio, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, rhubarb, row, scrap, set-to, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle

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Today's word is obsolete.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obsolete

Choose the Right Synonym for obsolete

Adjective

old, ancient, venerable, antique, antiquated, archaic, obsolete mean having come into existence or use in the more or less distant past.

old may apply to either actual or merely relative length of existence. old houses an old sweater of mine

ancient applies to occurrence, existence, or use in or survival from the distant past. ancient accounts of dragons

venerable stresses the impressiveness and dignity of great age. the family's venerable patriarch

antique applies to what has come down from a former or ancient time. collected antique Chippendale furniture

antiquated implies being discredited or outmoded or otherwise inappropriate to the present time. antiquated teaching methods

archaic implies having the character or characteristics of a much earlier time. the play used archaic language to convey a sense of period

obsolete may apply to something regarded as no longer acceptable or useful even though it is still in existence. a computer that makes earlier models obsolete

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Today's word is frugal.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frugal

Frugal Has Surprising Roots

Those who are frugal are unwilling to (lavishly) enjoy the fruits of their labors, so it may surprise you to learn that frugal ultimately derives from the Latin frux, meaning "fruit" or "value," and is even a distant cousin of the Latin word for "enjoy" (frui). The connection between fruit/value and restraint was first made in Latin; the Middle French word that English speakers eventually adopted as frugal came from the Latin adjective frugalis, a frux descendant meaning "virtuous" or "frugal." Although English speakers adopted frugal by the late 16th century, they were already lavishly supplied with earlier coinages to denote the idea, including sparing and thrifty.

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Today's word is accident.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accident

Did You Know?

Accident is just one of many words in the English language to come down to us from the Latin verb cadere, meaning "to fall." Among the others are "deciduous" (an adjective used to describe something, such as leaves, which fall off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle), "cascade" (which can mean, among other things, "a steep fall of water" or "something falling or rushing forth"),"cadence" ("a falling inflection of the voice"), and "decay" ("to fall into ruin"). "Chance," which functions as a synonym of "accident" in one sense, is also a "cadere" descendant.

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Today's word is fallacy.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fallacy

Did You Know?

Philosophers are constantly using the word fallacy. For them, a fallacy is reasoning that comes to a conclusion without the evidence to support it. This may have to do with pure logic, with the assumptions that the argument is based on, or with the way words are used, especially if they don't keep exactly the same meaning throughout the argument. There are many classic fallacies that occur again and again through the centuries and everywhere in the world. You may have heard of such fallacies as the "ad hominem" fallacy, the "question-begging" fallacy, the "straw man" fallacy, the "slippery slope" fallacy, the "gambler's" fallacy, or the "red herring" fallacy. Look them up and see if you've ever been guilty of any of them.

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Today's word is consolidation.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consolidation

Synonyms

combination, combining, connecting, connection, coupling, junction, linking, merger, merging, unification, union

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Xd, that about sums it up.
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Today's word is insurance.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insurance

an agreement in which a person makes regular payments to a company and the company promises to pay money if the person is injured or dies, or to pay money equal to the value of something (such as a house or car) if it is damaged, lost, or stolen

UNLESS they can find a way to not pay a claim, and if they have to pay out more than they want to pay they change the agreement to their benefit, never to your benefit.
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Today's word is chance.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chance

History and Etymology for chance

Noun

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia fall, from Latin cadent-, cadens, present participle of cadere to fall; perhaps akin to Sanskrit ad- to fall off

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Today's word is achieve.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/achieve

Choose the Right Synonym for achieve

perform, execute, discharge, accomplish, achieve, effect, fulfill mean to carry out or into effect.

perform implies action that follows established patterns or procedures or fulfills agreed-upon requirements and often connotes special skill. performed gymnastics

execute stresses the carrying out of what exists in plan or in intent. executed the hit-and-run

discharge implies execution and completion of appointed duties or tasks. discharged his duties

accomplish stresses the successful completion of a process rather than the means of carrying it out. accomplished everything they set out to do

achieve adds to accomplish the implication of conquered difficulties. achieve greatness

effect adds to achieve an emphasis on the inherent force in the agent capable of surmounting obstacles. effected sweeping reforms

fulfill implies a complete realization of ends or possibilities. fulfilled their ambitions

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Today's word is destroy.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/destroy

Synonyms

annihilate, cream, decimate, demolish, desolate, devastate, do in, extinguish, nuke, pull down, pulverize, raze, rub out, ruin, shatter, smash, tear down, total, vaporize, waste, wrack, wreck

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Today's word is fixed.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fixed

Synonyms

hard-and-fast, immutable, inalterable, incommutable, inflexible, invariable, unalterable, unchangeable

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Today's word is complain.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/complain

Synonyms

beef, bellyache, bitch, bleat, carp, caterwaul, crab, croak, fuss, gripe, grizzle, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grump, holler, inveigh, keen, kick, kvetch, maunder [chiefly British], moan, murmur, mutter, nag, repine, scream, squawk, squeal, wail, whimper, whine, whinge [British], yammer, yawp (or yaup), yowl

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Today's word is degree.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/degree

Synonyms

echelon, footing, level, place, position, rank, ranking, reach(es), rung, situation, standing, station, status, stratum

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Today's word is opinion.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opinion

opinion and belief mean a judgment that someone thinks is true.

opinion is used when the judgment is not yet final or certain but is founded on some facts. I soon changed my opinion of the plan.

belief is used if the judgment is certain and firm in a person's own mind without regard to the amount or kind of evidence. It's my belief we'll win the election.

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Today's word is offensive.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/offensive

Synonyms: Adjective

abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, disgusting, distasteful, dreadful, evil, foul, fulsome, gross, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, noxious, obnoxious, obscene, odious, rancid, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, revolting, scandalous, shocking, sickening, ugly

Synonyms: Noun

aggression, assault, attack, attempt, blitz, blitzkrieg, charge, coup de main, descent, offense (or offence), onset, onslaught, raid, rush, strike

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Today's word is appropriate.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appropriate

Did You Know?

From its roots, the verb appropriate would mean basically "make one's own"that is, "take", or sometimes "grab". Each year the President and Congress create a budget and appropriate funds for each item in it, funds which mostly come in the form of taxes from the public. In the House of Representatives, the powerful Appropriations Committee often gets the last word on how much money goes to each program. "Misappropriation of funds", on the other hand, is a nice way of saying "theft". If someone appropriated pieces of your novel, you might take him or her to court; and if you appropriated trade secrets from your former employers, you might be the one sued.

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Today's word is treaty.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/treaty

Synonyms

accord, alliance, compact, convention, covenant, pact

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Today's word is legal.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legal

Choose the Right Synonym for legal

Adjective

lawful, legal, legitimate, licit mean being in accordance with law.

lawful may apply to conformity with law of any sort (such as natural, divine, common, or canon). the lawful sovereign

legal applies to what is sanctioned by law or in conformity with the law, especially as it is written or administered by the courts. legal residents of the state

legitimate may apply to a legal right or status but also, in extended use, to a right or status supported by tradition, custom, or accepted standards. a perfectly legitimate question about taxes

licit applies to a strict conformity to the provisions of the law and applies especially to what is regulated by law. the licit use of drugs by doctors

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Today's word is perspective.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perspective

Did You Know?

To the modern mind, it's hard to believe that perspective had to be "discovered", but before the 1400s paintings simply lacked accurate perspective. Instead, important people and objects were simply shown larger than less important ones; and although distant objects were sometimes shown smaller than near ones, this wasn't done in a regular and accurate way. Just as odd, many paintings didn't represent the other meaning of perspective eitherthat is, a scene might not be shown as if it were being seen from one single place. Today, perspective is used much like standpoint. Just as standpoint once used to mean simply the physical place where you stand but today also means the way you "see" things as a result of who you are and what you do, the same could be said about perspective.

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Today's word is regret.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regret

Choose the Right Synonym for regret

Noun

sorrow, grief, anguish, woe, regret mean distress of mind.

sorrow implies a sense of loss or a sense of guilt and remorse. a family united in sorrow upon the patriarch's death

grief implies poignant sorrow for an immediate cause. the inexpressible grief of the bereaved parents

anguish suggests torturing grief or dread. the anguish felt by the parents of the kidnapped child

woe is deep or inconsolable grief or misery. cries of woe echoed throughout the bombed city

regret implies pain caused by deep disappointment, fruitless longing, or unavailing remorse. nagging regret for missed opportunities

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Today's word is sovereign.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sovereign

Choose the Right Synonym for sovereign

Adjective

free, independent, sovereign, autonomous mean not subject to the rule or control of another.

free stresses the complete absence of external rule and the full right to make all of one's own decisions. you're free to do as you like

independent implies a standing alone; applied to a state it implies lack of connection with any other having power to interfere with its citizens, laws, or policies. the colony's struggle to become independent

sovereign stresses the absence of a superior power and implies supremacy within a thing's own domain or sphere. separate and sovereign armed services

autonomous stresses independence in matters pertaining to self-government. in this denomination each congregation is regarded as autonomous

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MarbyIsBack posted...

I'm going to criticize your posting habits.

And what exactly are you finding fault with - methods or policies or intentions? Wouldn't criticize include where you are finding the fault in my posting habits?
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Today's word is criticize.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/criticize

Choose the Right Synonym for criticize

criticize, reprehend, censure, reprobate, condemn, denounce mean to find fault with openly.

criticize implies finding fault especially with methods or policies or intentions. criticized the police for using violence

reprehend implies both criticism and severe rebuking. reprehends the self-centeredness of today's students

censure carries a strong suggestion of authority and of reprimanding. a Senator formally censured by his peers

reprobate implies strong disapproval or firm refusal to sanction. reprobated his son's unconventional lifestyle

condemn usually suggests an unqualified and final unfavorable judgment. condemned the government's racial policies

denounce adds to condemn the implication of a public declaration. a pastoral letter denouncing abortion

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Today's word is trust.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trust

Synonyms: Noun

confidence, credence, faith, stock

Synonyms: Verb

commend, commit, confide, consign, delegate, deliver, entrust, give, give over, hand, hand over, leave, pass, recommend, repose, transfer, transmit, turn over, vest

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Today's word is complacent.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/complacent

Complaisant or Complacent?

The homophones complaisant and complacent are often confused - and no wonder. Not only do they look and sound alike, but they also both derive ultimately from Latin complacre, meaning "to please greatly." Complacent usually means "self-satisfied" or "unconcerned," but it also shares with complaisant the sense of "marked by an inclination to please or oblige." This sense of complacent is an old one, but that hasn't kept language critics from labeling it as an error - and on the whole, modern writers do prefer complaisant for this meaning. Conversely, complaisant is sometimes mistakenly used in contexts such as "complaisant about injustices," where complacent, with its sense of "marked by self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies," should go. One aid is to remember that with the preposition "about," you probably want complacent.

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Today's word is mainstream.
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Medical Definition of mainstream

: relating to or being tobacco smoke that is drawn (as from a cigarette) directly into the mouth of the smoker and is usually inhaled into the lungs

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Today's word is evolution.
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Synonyms

development, elaboration, expansion, growth, progress, progression

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Today's word is amorous.
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Did You Know?

A couple smooching on a park bench could be called amorous, or a young married couple who are always hugging and kissing. But the word is often used a bit sarcastically, as when a tabloid newspaper gets hold of some scandalous photos and calls the participants "the amorous pair". In such cases, we may be encouraged to think the attraction is more physical than emotional.

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Today's word is quality.
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Choose the Right Synonym for quality

Noun

quality, property, character, attribute mean an intelligible feature by which a thing may be identified.

quality is a general term applicable to any trait or characteristic whether individual or generic. material with a silky quality

property implies a characteristic that belongs to a thing's essential nature and may be used to describe a type or species. the property of not conducting heat

character applies to a peculiar and distinctive quality of a thing or a class. remarks of an unseemly character

attribute implies a quality ascribed to a thing or a being. the attributes of a military hero

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Today's word is thanksgiving.
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Thanksgiving : the fourth Thursday in November in the U.S. or the second Monday in October in Canada celebrated as a legal holiday for people to be thankful for what they have

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Today's word is convert.
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Choose the Right Synonym for convert

Verb

transform, metamorphose, transmute, convert, transmogrify, transfigure mean to change a thing into a different thing.

transform implies a major change in form, nature, or function. transformed a small company into a corporate giant

metamorphose suggests an abrupt or startling change induced by or as if by magic or a supernatural power. awkward girls metamorphosed into graceful ballerinas

transmute implies transforming into a higher element or thing. attempted to transmute lead into gold

convert implies a change fitting something for a new or different use or function. converted the study into a nursery

transmogrify suggests a strange or preposterous metamorphosis. a story in which a frog is transmogrified into a prince

transfigure implies a change that exalts or glorifies. joy transfigured her face

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Today's word is fashion.
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Noun

fashion, style, mode, vogue, fad, rage, craze mean the usage accepted by those who want to be up-to-date.

fashion is the most general term and applies to any way of dressing, behaving, writing, or performing that is favored at any one time or place. the current fashion

style often implies a distinctive fashion adopted by people of taste. a media baron used to traveling in style

mode suggests the fashion of the moment among those anxious to appear elegant and sophisticated. slim bodies are the mode at this resort

vogue stresses the wide acceptance of a fashion. short skirts are back in vogue

fad suggests caprice in taking up or in dropping a fashion. last year's fad is over

rage and craze stress intense enthusiasm in adopting a fad. Cajun food was the rage nearly everywhere for a time crossword puzzles once seemed just a passing craze but have lasted

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Today's word is ideology.
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What Does ideology Mean?

Ideology has been in use in English since the end of the 18th century and is one of the few words whose coiner we can identify. The French writer A. L. C. Destutt de Tracy proposed it as a term to designate the science of ideas, and in that sense the word was quickly borrowed into English. Though ideology originated as a serious philosophical term, within a few decades it took on connotations of impracticality thanks to Napoleon, who used it in a derisive manner. Today, the word most often refers to a systematic body of concepts, especially those of a particular group or political party.

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Today's word is sale.
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Sales are one of the basic concepts of commerce. In the legal world, several conditions must exist for a sale to take place. For example, the person selling the item or service must be the legal owner of the item or service in the first place. The sale has to involve the transfer of money or other items (as in bartering), and the parties must agree on the thing being sold. The two parties must enter the transaction willingly (i.e., neither of them can be "forced into" the transaction). Often, a bill of sale, also called a receipt, formally transfers the ownership of the item to the buyer.

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Today's word is clich.
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What is the Difference Between clich and stereotype?

The words clich and stereotype have a good deal in common. Both come from French, both were originally printers terms, and both have come to take on somewhat negative meanings in modern use.

Their original meanings are essentially synonymous, referring to printing blocks from which numerous prints could be made. In fact, clich means stereotype in French. Their modern meanings, however, are quite distinct. Clich is today overwhelmingly encountered in reference to something hackneyed, such as an overly familiar or commonplace phrase, theme, or expression. Stereotype is most frequently now employed to refer to an often unfair and untrue belief that many people have about all people or things with a particular characteristic.

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Today's word is schedule.
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History and Etymology for schedule

Noun

Middle English, from Medieval Latin scedula slip, page, charter, from Late Latin schedula slip of paper, diminutive of Latin *scheda strip of papyrus, probably back-formation from Latin schedium impromptu speech, from Greek schedion, from neuter of schedios casual; akin to Greek schedon near at hand, echein to seize, have

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Today's word is blame.
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Is it blame on or blame for?: Usage Guide

Verb

Use of blame in sense of a state of being blameworthy (culpability) with on has occasionally been disparaged as wrong. Such disparagement is without basis; blame on occurs as frequently in carefully edited prose as blame for. Both are standard.

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