Word of the Day — Archive Page #322
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March 9, 2018
86% 14% #55 votesWhat does Apocryphal mean?
- apocryphal(adj)
- being of questionable authenticity
March 8, 2018
74% 26% #57 votesWhat does Machinate mean?
- organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate(verb)
- arrange by systematic planning and united effort
March 7, 2018
84% 16% #51 votesWhat does Untenable mean?
- indefensible, untenable(adj)
- (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
March 6, 2018
79% 21% #69 votesWhat does Epicene mean?
- hermaphrodite, intersex, gynandromorph, androgyne, epicene, epicene person(adj)
- one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
March 5, 2018
94% 6% #47 votesWhat does Conflate mean?
- blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge(verb)
- mix together different elements
March 4, 2018
88% 13% #56 votesWhat does Luddite mean?
- Luddite(noun)
- any opponent of technological progress
March 3, 2018
70% 30% #33 votesWhat does accentuate mean?
- stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate(verb)
- to stress, single out as important
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