Word of the Day Archive

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Sunday, December 21, 2025

DURESS - , which is typically used with under, refers to force or threats meant to make someone do something.

Saturday, December 20, 2025

FINICKY - describes someone who is very hard to please, or something that requires a lot of care, precision, or attentive effort.

Friday, December 19, 2025

CANDOR - refers to the quality of being open, sincere, and honest.

Thursday, December 18, 2025

EMBARRASS - Unexpected laughter embarrassed the speaker.

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

SONOROUS - is an adjective used in formal speech and writing to describe something that has a deep, loud, and pleasant sound.

Tuesday, December 16, 2025

REPERTOIRE - typically refers to a list or supply of plays, songs, dances, etc.

Monday, December 15, 2025

GIBBOUS - is most often used to describe the moon or a planet when it is seen with more than half but not all of the apparent disk illuminated.