Category Archives: America

Word of the Day – August 15, 2020

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schism

(skĭz′əm, sĭz′-)

n.

1. A separation or division into factions: “[He] found it increasingly difficult to maintain party unity in the face of ideological schism over civil rights” (Nick Kotz).
2.

a. A formal breach of union within a religious body.
b. The offense of attempting to produce such a breach.

Word of the Day- May 9, 2020

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empirical
[əmˈpirik(ə)l]

ADJECTIVE
  1. based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.
    “they provided considerable empirical evidence to support their argument”
    synonyms:

Word of the Day – April 4, 2020

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timorous

(ˈtɪm ər əs)

adj.

1. full of or subject to fear.
2. characterized by or indicating fear or timidity: a timorous approach to a serious problem.
[1400–50; < Medieval Latin timōrōsus= Latin timōr-, s. of timor fear + -ōsus -ous]
tim′or•ous•ly, adv.
tim′or•ous•ness, n.

Word of the Day – February 1, 2020

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vituperative

[vīˈt(y)o͞opəˌrādiv, vəˈt(y)o͞op(ə)rədiv]

ADJECTIVE
  1. bitter and abusive.
    “the criticism soon turned into a vituperative attack”
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Word of the Day- October 19, 2019

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accoutrements

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n.

1. often accoutrements An accessory item of equipment or dress.
2. often accoutrements Military equipment other than uniforms and weapons.
3. accoutrements Outward forms of recognition; trappings: cathedral ceilings, heated swimming pools, and other accoutrements signaling great wealth.
4. Archaic The act of accoutring.

Word of the Day, August 17, 2019

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permutation

(pûr′myo͝o-tā′shən)

n.

1.

a. The process of altering the order of a given set of objects in a group.
b. The result of such a process; a rearrangement or recombination of elements: permutations of gene order.
c. Mathematics A rearrangement of the elements of a set.
2. A complete change; a transformation: