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Word – Serendipity
Serendipity – Word of the dayMeaning: the fact of finding interesting or valuable things by chance.History: This was first coined in a letter written to s...
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Word – Concomitant
Concomitant – Word of the Day Meaning: [adj]: naturally accompanying or associated.[ noun]: a phenomenon that naturally accompanies or follows something.H...
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Word – Auspicious
Auspicious – Word of the dayMeaning(adjective): suggesting a positive and successful future.History: During the Roman times, people predicted future event...
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Word – Brusque
Brusque – Word of the DayMeaning:[adj]: abrupt or offhand in speech or manner.History:History dates back to the mid sixteenth century roughly in the 1650s...
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Word – Scapegoat
Scapegoat – Word of the dayMeaning(noun):a person who is blamed for something that someone else has doneHistory: Scapegoat descends from the bible when Go...
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Word – Perfunctory
Perfunctory – Word of the DayMeaning:Lacking in interest or effortSuperficial or routineOrigin:Perfunctory is a word whose origins can be found entirely i...
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Word – Unkempt
Unkempt – Word of the dayMeaning: untidy; not cared forHistory: People began combing their hair around 1400 – before that, they would have kembed it. Kemb...
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Word – Lackadaisical
Lackadaisical – Word of the DayMeaning:Lacking enthusiasm, zest and determination; carelessly lazy.Origin:There are times when life seems to be one unfort...
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Word – Muster
Muster – Word of the dayHistory: In Australia and New Zealand, the things often mustered up are cattle, sheep, and other livestock that are scattered and...
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Word – Cacophony
Cacophony – Word of the dayMeaning(noun): an unpleasant mixture of loud sounds.History: The roots of cacophony belonged to the Greek. In Greek, Kakos mean...
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Word – Gobbledygook
Gobbledygook – Word of the DayMeaning:Language that is meaningless or is made unintelligible by excessive use of technical terms.Origin:The term gobbledyg...
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Word – Kerfuffle
Kerfuffle – Word of the DayMeaning:A disturbance or commotion typically caused by a dispute or conflict.Origin:Fuffle was first used in Scottish English a...
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Word – Ragamuffin
Ragamuffin – Word of the DayMeaning:A person(usually a child), in ragged and/or dirty clothes.Origin:We are still uncertain about the origin of the word r...
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Word – Berate
Berate – Word of the DayMeaning:Scold or criticise someone in angerOrigin:This word traces its origin back to the mid-16th century. It is a compound of tw...
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Word – Schadenfreude
Schadenfreude – Word of the DayMeaning:Pleasure derived by someone from someone else’s misfortune or pain.Origin:While we commonly use this word in Englis...
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Word – Cerulean
Cerulean – Word of the DayMeaning:A deep sky-blue colour.Origin:This word dates back to the mid 17th century. It comes from the Latin word caeruleus, mean...
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Word – Bellicose
Bellicose – Word of the DayMeaning:Showing aggression and willingness to fight.Origin:Bellicose first appears in Late Middle English. The word comes from...
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Word – Ruminate
Ruminate – Word of the DayMeaning:To think deeply about somethingTo chew for a long time/chew the cud(for a grass-eating animal)Origin:This word was first...
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Word – Necromancy
Necromancy – Word of the DayMeaning:The practice of communicating with the spirits of dead people, especially to predict the future, or for nefarious purp...
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Word – Fecund
Fecund – Word of the DayMeaning:Highly fertile/capable of bearing childrenCapable of producing many new ideasOrigin:Fecund was first used in the 15th cent...
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