Word of the Day — Archive Page #368
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April 24, 2017
83% 17% #53 votesWhat does depredation mean?
- depredation, predation(noun)
- an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
April 23, 2017
77% 23% #86 votesWhat does puissance mean?
- puissance(noun)
- power to influence or coerce
April 22, 2017
92% 8% #123 votesWhat does calumniate mean?
- defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch(verb)
- charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
April 20, 2017
79% 21% #66 votesWhat does depone mean?
- swear, depose, depone(verb)
- make a deposition; declare under oath
April 19, 2017
79% 21% #42 votesWhat does empirical mean?
- empirical, empiric(adj)
- derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
April 18, 2017
81% 19% #52 votesWhat does circumlocution mean?
- circumlocution, periphrasis, ambage(noun)
- a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
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