Word of the Day — Archive Page #405
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August 8, 2016
75% 25% #24 votesWhat does maudlin mean?
- bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy(adj)
- effusively or insincerely emotional
August 7, 2016
71% 29% #30 votesWhat does legerdemain mean?
- magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception(noun)
- an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
August 6, 2016
74% 26% #37 votesWhat does knell mean?
- knell(verb)
- the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something
August 5, 2016
94% 6% #46 votesWhat does idiosyncratic mean?
- idiosyncratic(adj)
- peculiar to the individual
August 4, 2016
82% 18% #36 votesWhat does heterogenous mean?
- heterogeneous, heterogenous(adj)
- consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature
August 2, 2016
65% 35% #28 votesWhat does flagrant mean?
- crying(a), egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank(adj)
- conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
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