Word of the Day Archive

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Saturday, July 19, 2025

BUMPTIOUS - describes people who are rudely and often noisily confident or overassertive.

Friday, July 18, 2025

EXCULPATE - The editorial expresses confidence that the evidence will exculpate the accused.

Thursday, July 17, 2025

PLETHORA - refers to a very large amount or number of something.

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

RISIBLE - is a formal word used disapprovingly to describe things that deserve to be mocked or laughed at because they are absurd or unreasonable.

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

SLEUTH - We spent hours at the flea market sleuthing for th century paintings.

Monday, July 14, 2025

ZIGGURAT - temple consisting of a pyramidal structure built in successive stages with outside staircases and a shrine at the top.