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#101
Word for Today :

misbegotten

adjective | miss-bih-GAH-tun

Definition

1 : unlawfully conceived : illegitimate

2
a :having a disreputable or improper origin : ill-conceived

b : contemptible, deformed
 
#103
Word for Today :

dissemble

verb | dih-SEM-bul

Definition

1 : to hide under a false appearance

2 : to put on the appearance of : simulate

3 : to put on a false appearance : to conceal facts, intentions, or feelings under some pretense
 
#104
Word for Today :

injunction

noun | in-JUNK-shun

Definition

1 : the act or an instance of enjoining : order, admonition

2 : a court order requiring a party to do or refrain from doing a specified act
 
#105
Word for Today :

trenchant

adjective | TREN-chunt

Definition

1 : keen, sharp

2 : vigorously effective and articulate; also : caustic

3
a : sharply perceptive : penetrating


b : clear-cut, distinct
 
#106
Word for Today :

coax

verb | KOHKS

Definition

1 : to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle

2 : to draw, gain, or persuade by means of gentle urging or flattery

3 : to manipulate with great perseverance and usually with considerable effort toward a desired state or activity
 
#108
Word for Today :

interpolate

verb | in-TER-puh-layt

Definition

1
a : to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter

b : to insert (words) into a text or into a conversation

2 : to insert between other things or parts : intercalate

3 : to estimate values of (data or a function) between two known values

4 : to make insertions (as of estimated values)
 
#109
Word for Today :

perquisite

noun | PER-kwuh-zut

Definition

1 : a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages; especially : one expected or promised

2 : gratuity, tip

3 : something held or claimed as an exclusive right or possession
 
#113
Word for Today :

oleaginous

adjective | oh-lee-AJ-uh-nus

Definition

1 : resembling or having the properties of oil : oily; also : containing or producing oil

2 : marked by an offensively ingratiating manner or quality
 
#116
Word for Today :

devise

verb | dih-VYZE

Definition

1
a : to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent

b : to plan to obtain or bring about : plot

2 : to give (real estate) by will
 
#118
Word and Paragraph for Today :

Byzantine

adjective | BIZ-un-teen

Definition

1. :eek:f, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient city of Byzantium

2.
architecture : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire especially in the fifth and sixth centuries featuring the dome carried on pendentives over a square and incrustation with marble veneering and with colored mosaics on grounds of gold

3.
Christianity : of or relating to the churches using a traditional Greek rite and subject to Eastern canon law

4.
often not capitalized
a : of, relating to, or characterized by a devious and usually surreptitious manner of operation

b : intricately involved : labyrinthine
 
#119
Word for Today :

retronym

noun | RET-roh-nim

Definition : a term (such as analog watch, film camera, or snail mail) that is newly created and adopted to distinguish the original or older version, form, or example of something (such as a product) from other, more recent versions, forms, or examples
 
#120
Word for Today :

ambidextrous

adjective | am-bih-DEK-strus

Definition

1
a : using both hands with equal ease or dexterity


b. soccer : using both feet with equal ease : two-footed

2 : designed or suitable for use by the left or right hand

3 : unusually skillful : versatile

4 : characterized by duplicity : double-dealing
 
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