Word of the Day — Archive Page #372
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March 27, 2017
89% 11% #40 votesWhat does Pertinent mean?
- pertinent(adj)
- having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand
March 26, 2017
76% 24% #52 votesWhat does thwart mean?
- thwart, cross thwart(verb)
- a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
March 25, 2017
87% 13% #54 votesWhat does sophistry mean?
- sophism, sophistry, sophistication(noun)
- a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
March 24, 2017
92% 8% #66 votesWhat does raffish mean?
- dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce(adj)
- marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
March 23, 2017
88% 12% #38 votesWhat does dogmatic mean?
- dogmatic, dogmatical(adj)
- characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
March 22, 2017
70% 30% #26 votesWhat does countenance mean?
- countenance, visage(noun)
- the appearance conveyed by a person's face
March 21, 2017
81% 19% #44 votesWhat does prevaricate mean?
- beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter(verb)
- be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
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