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December 10, 2018
76%    24%    #86 votes

What does gaslight mean?

gaslight(noun)
light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas

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December 9, 2018
86%    14%    #64 votes

What does efflorescence mean?

flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush(noun)
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

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December 8, 2018
89%    11%    #102 votes

What does smithereens mean?

smithereens(noun)
a collection of small fragments considered as a whole

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December 7, 2018
82%    18%    #101 votes

What does croon mean?

croon(verb)
sing softly

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December 6, 2018
87%    13%    #71 votes

What does deluge mean?

flood, inundation, deluge, torrent(noun)
an overwhelming number or amount

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December 5, 2018
91%    9%    #70 votes

What does inundate mean?

deluge, flood, inundate, swamp(verb)
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

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December 4, 2018
100%    0%    #73 votes

What does subterfuge mean?

subterfuge, blind(noun)
something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

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