Word of the Day — Archive Page #314
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May 4, 2018
98% 2% #48 votesWhat does pretentious mean?
- pretentious(adj)
- making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
May 3, 2018
85% 15% #44 votesWhat does personify mean?
- body, personify(verb)
- invest with or as with a body; give body to
May 2, 2018
82% 18% #27 votesWhat does sequester mean?
- sequester(verb)
- requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
May 1, 2018
93% 7% #39 votesWhat does ponderous mean?
- heavy, lumbering, ponderous(adj)
- slow and laborious because of weight
April 30, 2018
76% 24% #38 votesWhat does ecclesiastic mean?
- cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic(adj)
- a clergyman or other person in religious orders
April 29, 2018
76% 24% #41 votesWhat does antediluvian mean?
- antediluvian, antediluvian patriarch(noun)
- any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
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