Word of the Day — Archive Page #314

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May 5, 2018
81%    19%    #50 votes

What does eventuate mean?

eventuate(verb)
come out in the end

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May 4, 2018
98%    2%    #48 votes

What does pretentious mean?

pretentious(adj)
making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction

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May 3, 2018
85%    15%    #44 votes

What does personify mean?

body, personify(verb)
invest with or as with a body; give body to

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May 2, 2018
82%    18%    #27 votes

What does sequester mean?

sequester(verb)
requisition forcibly, as of enemy property

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May 1, 2018
93%    7%    #39 votes

What does ponderous mean?

heavy, lumbering, ponderous(adj)
slow and laborious because of weight

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April 30, 2018
76%    24%    #38 votes

What does ecclesiastic mean?

cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic(adj)
a clergyman or other person in religious orders

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April 29, 2018
76%    24%    #41 votes

What does antediluvian mean?

antediluvian, antediluvian patriarch(noun)
any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge

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