Today’s word comes from First Reader. Follow me on Facebook: @jjshaunauthor. Today’s Word Part of Speech noun Definition A term during which a ship arriving in port and suspected of carrying contagious disease is held in isolation from the shore, usually forty days.A restraint upon the activities or communication of persons or the transport of … Continue reading Wednesday Word for March 18, 2020
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Wednesday Word for March 11, 2020
Today’s word comes from a random word generator. Follow me on Facebook: @jjshaunauthor. Today’s Word Part of Speech adjective Definition Telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful.Deception, falsehood, or divergence from absolute truth.Insincere; inclined to tell falsehoods. History First used in 1616, from the Latin mendac-, mendax. Synonyms dishonest, lying, untruthful Antonyms honest, truthful, veracious … Continue reading Wednesday Word for March 11, 2020
Wednesday Word for March 4, 2020
Today’s word comes from First Reader. Follow me on Facebook: @jjshaunauthor. Today’s Word Part of Speech noun Definition The nearly simultaneous purchase and sale of securities or foreign exchange in different markets in order to profit from price discrepancies.The purchase of the stock of a takeover target especially with a view to selling it profitably … Continue reading Wednesday Word for March 4, 2020
Wednesday Word for February 26, 2020
Today’s words come from Facebook contributor David Brin. Follow me on Facebook: @jjshaunauthor. Today’s Word Part of Speech noun Definition A farmer's cart, especially one for hauling manure, that can be tilted to discharge its load.A vehicle carrying condemned persons (such as political prisoners during the French Revolution) to a place of execution.Obsolete. A two-wheeled … Continue reading Wednesday Word for February 26, 2020
Wednesday Word for February 19, 2020
Today’s word come from this week’s news. Follow me on Facebook: @jjshaunauthor. Today’s Word Part of Speech verb Definition To abolish by authoritative action.To abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal.To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority. History First used in the meaning defined above, abrogate is … Continue reading Wednesday Word for February 19, 2020
Wednesday Word for February 12, 2020
Today’s words come from a television show. Follow me on Facebook: @jjshaunauthor. Today’s Word Part of Speech noun Definition The intense final effort made by architectural students to complete their solutions to a given architectural problem in an allotted time or the period in which such an effort is made.A final, intensive effort to finish … Continue reading Wednesday Word for February 12, 2020
Wednesday Word for February 5, 2020
Today’s words come from a random word generator. Follow me on Facebook: @jjshaunauthor. Today’s Word Part of Speech noun, verb Definition To provide gratification for others' desires.A person who caters to or profits from the weaknesses or vices of others.A person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse. History … Continue reading Wednesday Word for February 5, 2020
Wednesday Word for January 29, 2020
Today’s words come from a random word generator. Follow me on Facebook: @jjshaunauthor. Today’s Word Part of Speech noun Definition A leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power.A person, especially an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, … Continue reading Wednesday Word for January 29, 2020
Wednesday Word for January 22, 2020
Today’s word comes from a random word generator. Follow me on Facebook: @jjshaunauthor. Today’s Word Part of Speech noun Definition The willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.The act of swearing to a statement known to be false.False swearing. History The … Continue reading Wednesday Word for January 22, 2020
Wednesday Word for January 15, 2020
Today’s words come from a random word generator. Follow me on Facebook: @jjshaunauthor. Today’s Word Part of Speech adjective Definition Relating to the river Styx.Extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding.Infernal; hellish History The first recorded use of stygian was in the 16th century (from the Latin, stygius, and the Greek stygios), meaning Styx. The Styx was … Continue reading Wednesday Word for January 15, 2020
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