12 new words everyday

05/08/2024

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PESTILLATION

The act of pounding and bruising with a pestle in a mortar. SirT. Browne.

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QUATRAIN

A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately. Dryden.

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MARGIN

The difference between the cost and the selling price of anarticle.

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RECURVATE

Recurved.

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TROCHANTINE

The second joint of the leg of an insect, -- often united withthe coxa.

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MISSING

Absent from the place where it was expected to be found; lost;wanting; not present when called or looked for.Neither was there aught missing unto them. 1 Sam. xxv. 7.For a time caught up to God, as once Moses was in the mount, andmissing long. Milton.

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NOMINATIVE

Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case orform of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.-- n.

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HYPOCRITICAL

Of or pertaining to a hypocrite, or to hypocrisy; as, ahypocriticalperson; a hypocritical look; a hypocritical action.Hypocritical professions of friendship and of pacific intentions werenot spared. Macaulay.-- Hyp`o*crit"ic*al*ly, adv.

#61325

ASMEAR

Smeared over. Dickens.

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HAGGADA

A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain orillustrate the text of the Old Testament. [Written also hadaga.]

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CONSULTATORY

Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory. Bancroft.

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IRREFORMABLE

Incapable of being reformed; incorrigible. Joseph Cook.