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March 5, 2024
62%    38%    #106 votes

What does tundra mean?

tundra(noun)
a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen

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March 4, 2024
62%    38%    #126 votes

What does zoonotic mean?

zoonotic(adj)
of or relating to or constituting zoonosis

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March 3, 2024
65%    35%    #108 votes

What does usufruct mean?

usufruct(noun)
a legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way

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March 2, 2024
82%    18%    #107 votes

What does prosody mean?

prosody, inflection(noun)
the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

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March 1, 2024
82%    18%    #62 votes

What does defamatory mean?

calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous(adj)
(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

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February 29, 2024
74%    26%    #58 votes

What does unflappable mean?

imperturbable, unflappable(adj)
not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure

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February 28, 2024
87%    13%    #75 votes

What does succinctly mean?

succinctly, compactly(adverb)
with concise and precise brevity; to the point

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