Word of the Day — Archive Page #315

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April 28, 2018
87%    13%    #45 votes

What does volition mean?

volition, will(noun)
the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention

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April 27, 2018
74%    26%    #29 votes

What does Atypical mean?

atypical, untypical(adj)
not representative of a group, class, or type

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April 26, 2018
81%    19%    #48 votes

What does Bucolic mean?

peasant, provincial, bucolic(noun)
a country person

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April 25, 2018
87%    13%    #59 votes

What does Pugnacious mean?

hard-bitten, hard-boiled, pugnacious(adj)
tough and callous by virtue of experience

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April 24, 2018
85%    15%    #46 votes

What does Anomalous mean?

anomalous(adj)
deviating from the general or common order or type

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April 23, 2018
79%    21%    #46 votes

What does Derisive mean?

derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting(adj)
abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule

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April 22, 2018
85%    15%    #47 votes

What does Duplicitous mean?

ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued(adj)
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another

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