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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "laconic"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[laconic \luh-KON-ik (adjective) - Sparing with words, concise, terse.

"Lana's laconic way of speaking was completely at odds with her wordy, rambling prose style."

From Latin Laconicus, from Greek Lakonikos, from Lakon, Laconian, a resident of ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-991799</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "simonize"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[simonize \SY-muh-nyz\ (verb tr.) - To shine or polish to a high sheen, especially with wax.

"Far beyond merely polishing it up, Susan simonized her personal profile for the online dating site until it gleamed like a freshly minted Krugerrand."

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-991004</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Quean"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[quean \kween\ (noun) - A bold, impudent, or ill-behaved woman, even a hussy 
or a strumpet.

"Jean is a keen dean at school but a mean quean on the neighborhood scene."

Today's word originated as Old English cwene [kwene] when "queen" was 
"cwen"...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-989606</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Tergiversate"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>tergiversate</b> <i>\tehr-GI-vehr-seyt\</i> (verb) - Abandon a cause or 
reverse one's position on something.

"When President Bush the Elder said 'Read my lips: no new taxes,' he 
later tergiversated on the issue."
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-988370</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "sinecure"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[sinecure \SY-nih-kyur; SIN-ih-\ (noun) - An office or position that requires or involves little or no responsibility, work, or active service.

"With layoffs looming due to an alleged decrease in attendance, Ronald was puzzled as to why none of ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-988566</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "indelible"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[indelible \in-DEL-uh-buhl\ (adjective) - 1 : That cannot be removed, erased, or washed away. 2 : Making marks that cannot easily be removed or erased. 3 : Incapable of being forgotten; memorable.

"Wanting an indelible representation of their ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-987377</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Nisi"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[nisi \NY-sy, NEE-see\ (adjective) - Not yet final, taking effect at a later 
date unless invalidated by a certain cause.

"Albert was interested to read that his ex-wife's latest divorce was 
granted decree nisi as of the previous Friday."
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-986581</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/18/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "flout"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[flout \FLOWT\ (transitive verb) - To treat with contempt and disregard; to show contempt for.

(intransitive verb) - To mock, to scoff.

(noun) - Mockery, scoffing.

"Franklin and Sheba were completely mystified by Frida's determination to flout ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-986017</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "superfluous"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[superfluous \soo-PER-floo-us\ (adjective) - More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive.  (adverb) superfluously, (noun) superfluousness

"You must consider that what is necessary ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-984193</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "posit"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[posit \POZ-it\ (transitive verb) - 1 : To assume as real or conceded. 2 : To propose as an explanation; to suggest. 3 : To dispose or set firmly or fixedly.

"It was difficult to posit a solution to the problem or even, indeed, to determine ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-982306</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "uxorious"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[uxorious \uk-SOR-ee-us; ug-ZOR-\ (adjective) - Excessively fond of or submissive to a wife.

"Of looks, words, consideration, habitual deference, and eager attention, I was quite as uxorious as I should have been of the warm kiss, or the yielding,...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-982077</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Mooncalf"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[mooncalf \MOON-kaf\ (noun) - 1 : A daydreamer or absent-minded person. 2 : 
A fool or simpleton. 3 : A congenitally deformed person.

"Jefferson, who has become a justly popular leading actor over the past few 
seasons, is both monster and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-981096</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "albatross"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[albatross \AL-buh-tros\ (noun) plural albatross or albatrosses - 1 : Any of several large, web-footed birds constituting the family Diomedeidae, chiefly of the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere, and having a hooked beak and long, narrow wings. 2 :...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-980544</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "preponderate"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[preponderate \prih-PON-duh-rayt\ (intransitive verb) - 1 : To exceed in weight. 2 : To incline or descend, as the scale of a balance; to be weighed down. 3 : To exceed in influence, power, importance, number, amount, etc.

"Amour is the one human ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-979854</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/11/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Numen"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[numen \NOO-muhn, NYOO-\ noun, plural numina \-muh-nuh\ - Divine power, deity, or spirit presiding in a place. Also creative energy.

"David was fond of meditating while watching insipid 70's sitcoms, feeling that the facilitated the symbolic ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-977963</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Sennight"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[sennight \SEN-yt\ (noun) - A week.

"And with a kiss and a brush of the back of his hand on her cheek Jacob said goodbye to the fair Martha for yet another sennight."

From Middle English, from Old English seofon nihta, from seofon (seven) + nihta...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-977964</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Byzantine"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Byzantine \BIZ-en-teen, -tin, bi-ZAN-tin\ (adjective) - 1 : Of or relating to the ancient city of Byzantium. Of or relating to the Byzantine Empire. 2 : Of or belonging to the style of architecture developed from the fifth century A.D. in the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-977965</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/08/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Methuselah"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Methuselah \muh-THOO-zuh-luh\ (noun) - 1 : The name of a biblical patriarch said to have lived 969 years. 2 : An extremely old man.

"It just comes natural to me, I suppose. I used to know all the generations of Adam down to Methuselah." -- Paul ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-977320</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "forcible"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[forcible \FOR-suh-buhl\ (adjective) - 1 : Using force against opposition or resistance; effected or accomplished by force; as, "forcible entry or abduction." 2 : Characterized by force, efficiency, or energy; powerful.

"Filled with regret after ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-975488</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Speaking Words of Wisdom, 'Let It Be']]></title>
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Q: Is "leave him be" an acceptable substitute for "let him be"? -- J. K.
via email

A: To some ears, "leave him be" sounds less elevated than "let him be."
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary notes that "leave it be" is a
mostly spoken idiom...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/thewordguy/s-4242073</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/01/2026</pubDate>
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