Word of the Day — Archive Page #390

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November 16, 2016
79%    21%    #50 votes

What does uxoricide mean?

uxoricide(noun)
the murder of a wife by her husband

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November 15, 2016
88%    13%    #28 votes

What does braggadocio mean?

braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade(noun)
vain and empty boasting

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November 14, 2016
68%    32%    #38 votes

What does estivation mean?

estivation, aestivation(noun)
(zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period

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November 13, 2016
81%    19%    #25 votes

What does sparge mean?

sprinkle, sprinkling, sparge(verb)
the act of sprinkling or splashing water

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November 12, 2016
80%    20%    #51 votes

What does fuliginous mean?

fuliginous(Adjective)
Pertaining to or resembling soot; sooty, dusky.

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November 11, 2016
60%    40%    #18 votes

What does Anemone mean?

anemone, windflower(noun)
any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves

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November 10, 2016
85%    15%    #33 votes

What does remiss mean?

derelict, delinquent, neglectful, remiss(adj)
failing in what duty requires

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