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Word of the Day
smorgasbord
Definition: (noun) A varied collection.
Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, variety.
Usage: The conference panel was comprised of a veritable smorgasbord of religious leaders promoting peace, unity, and understanding.
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knock off (2)
to kill someone, to murder someone
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get down (1)
to move close to the ground, or to move from a higher position to a lower position
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dissonance
Definition: (noun) The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience.
Synonyms: noise, racket.
Usage: Maddening church bells of all degrees of dissonance, sharp and flat, cracked and clear, fast and slow, made the brick-and-mortar echoes hideous.
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pooped
very tired, exhausted
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end up
If you end up being somewhere, or doing something, it's because of decisions you've made in the past.
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mannequin
Definition: (noun) A woman who wears clothes to display fashions.
Synonyms: model.
Usage: She longed to become a mannequin and preened for hours before going out in public.
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lez | lezzy | lezzo
lesbian, gay woman
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entrust to
to give somebody responsibility for something of importance or value
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Idiom of the Day
a living legend
A person who has an extraordinary reputation or level of fame while he or she is still alive. Watch the video
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Word of the Day: connotation
This word has appeared in 37 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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penetralium
noun: The innermost, secret, or hidden parts of something.
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ear candy
pleasant-sounding music
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Idiom of the Day
living impaired
A jocular, pseudo-politically correct term for being dead. Watch the video
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Word of the Day: permafrost
This word has appeared in 32 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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Word of the Day: efficient
This word has appeared in 1,694 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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magniloquent
adjective: Characterized by lofty, grandiose, or pompous speech or writing.
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Idiom of the Day
a living soul
A person (who is alive). (Often used in the negative to mean "nobody.") Watch the video
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Word of the Day: azure
This word has appeared in 55 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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jurisprude
noun: One who flaunts legal knowledge or is excessively preoccupied with the nuances of law.
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Idiom of the Day
live on a shoestring
To live within a very tight or limited financial budget. Watch the video
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Word of the Day: toboggan
This word has appeared in four articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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brindle
noun: 1. Gray or tawny with streaks or spots of a darker color. 2. An animal, especially a dog, cat, or cow, with a brindle coat. adjective: Of the color brindle.
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Word of the Day
borderland
Definition: (noun) District consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area.
Synonyms: border district, march, marchland.
Usage: The borderland was sparsely populated, and the lawless region saw few visitors.
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tight-ass
1) sby who spends as little money as possible, a miser 2) sby who's repressed and very strict about following society's rules
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turn out (1)
to make a light go off
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water down (2)
to change something like the lyrics of a song or the dialogue in a movie to make it less offensive or less likely to upset people
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Word of the Day
intone
Definition: (verb) Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm.
Synonyms: cantillate, chant.
Usage: I heard the eight singers of the King of Sicily intone the first verse of seven o'clock mass in the Sainte-Chapelle.
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hang | hang out
to spend time with
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