Word of the Day — Archive Page #306

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June 24, 2018
97%    3%    #36 votes

What does Garish mean?

brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy(adj)
tastelessly showy

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June 23, 2018
85%    15%    #46 votes

What does Hubris mean?

hubris(noun)
overbearing pride or presumption

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June 22, 2018
93%    7%    #28 votes

What does Systemic mean?

systemic(adj)
affecting an entire system

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June 21, 2018
38%    62%    #55 votes

What does Suborned mean?

suborned
In American law, Scots law, and under the laws of some English-speaking Commonwealth nations, subornation of perjury is the crime of persuading or permitting a person to commit perjury, which is the swearing of a false oath to tell the truth in a legal proceeding, whether spoken or written.

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June 20, 2018
83%    17%    #50 votes

What does Clemency mean?

mildness, clemency(noun)
good weather with comfortable temperatures

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June 19, 2018
80%    20%    #37 votes

What does Abhorrent mean?

abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive(adj)
offensive to the mind

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June 18, 2018
78%    22%    #40 votes

What does whelm mean?

overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake(verb)
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

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