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inveigle
PRONUNCIATION: (in-VAY-guhl, -VEE-)
MEANING:
verb tr.: To get something or to persuade someone to do something by deception or flattery.
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From Old French aveugle (blind), from Latin ab- (away from) + oculus (eye). Earliest documented use: 1513.
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SINVEIGLE - to get someone to do your will by taking off your clothes.
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INBEIGLE
- (in-BAY-guhl) - where you put the cream cheese and lox
- (in-BEE-guhl) - where they go if Snoopy gets them first
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emancipate
PRONUNCIATION: (i-MAN-suh-payt)
MEANING:
verb tr.: To set free.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin emancipare (to set free), from ex- (out) + mancipium (slave), from manus (hand) + capere (to take). Earliest documented use: 1605.
USAGE:
"But the larger picture is to urgently emancipate women from the clutches of poor self-esteem. The more they are encouraged to view violence against them as unacceptable, the more they can contribute to ending this social scourge."
Violence Against Women Posts Disturbing Numbers; Gulf News (Dubai); May 20, 2014.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought -- that is to be educated.
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REMANCIPATE - to purge your thoughts of vogue words that seem to relate to a reality - but don't.
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EO-MANCIPATE -- to set free at dawn
EMACI-PATÉ - chopped liver that makes you so sick you can't eat
EMANCIPLATE - a walk with the bases full that scores a free run
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EMANCIMATE - To set free one's spouse; divorce
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CAPITULATE
PRONUNCIATION: (kuh-PICH-uh-layt)
MEANING: verb intr.: To cease resisting; surrender.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin capitulare (to draw up under headings [the articles of agreement]), from capitulum (little head, chapter), from caput (head). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kaput- (head), also the origin of head, captain, chef, chapter, cadet, cattle, chattel, achieve, biceps, mischief, and occiput, (but not of kaput). Earliest documented use: 1537.
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MAPITULATE - Apple and Google are still arguing about whose App to use to find places, but Google had a head start
CAVITULATE - you REALLY need to have the dentist take care of this
CAPITOLATE - the Senate session lasted until 11 PM, then they all had dinner
CAPITULATTE - OK, I give up, now gimme my coffee!
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GAPITULATE – All right, your clothes ARE trendier than mine.
CAPNTULATE – You're the boss!
CAPITULANE – Where to go to let other drivers pass.
CAPITULAKE – I'm never gonna find that leak.
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Like 'em all! But...you're sure CAPITULANE isn't the Dean of that University in N'Awlins??
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CAPITULATER - BREAKING NEWS: President Obama just announced he is sending boots and bombs to Iraq immediately and he will capitulate later.
RAPITULATE - to rap jive to someone until they capitulate.
CAPITULANE - short for Kappi Phi Kappi at Tulane University.
COPITULATE - a police male/female team on patrol duty.
CAPITUFATE - resigned to a life of capitulation.
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Like 'em all! But...you're sure CAPITULANE isn't the Dean of that University in N'Awlins??
– I just don't have the energy to argue with you.
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inculcate
PRONUNCIATION:
(in-KUHL-kayt, IN-kuhl-)
MEANING:
verb tr.: To instill something into the mind of a person by repetition.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin inculcare (to tread on), from in- (in) + calcare (to tread), from calx (heel). Earliest documented use: 1559.
USAGE:
"The Hong Leong Foundation also hopes to inculcate an appreciation of the arts within the group and its employees."
Long Service Awards; The Business Times (Singapore); Jul 17, 2014.
See more usage examples of inculcate in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.
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The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy. -John Galsworthy, author, Nobelist (1867-1933)
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KINCULCATE - to teach a hardheaded kid that the beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.
Did you hear me? I said that the beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy. Don't make me get a stick...I said: The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.
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INCULCASTE - to teach a system of rigid class structure; related to HIGHERARCHY
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INCULTATE - to inject a dogmatic cult mindset into a cultural structure that allows free thought.
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ruminate
PRONUNCIATION: (ROO-mi-nayt)
MEANING:
verb tr., intr.:
1. To think deeply upon.
2. To chew the cud.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin ruminare (to chew the cud), from rumen (throat). Earliest documented use: 1533.
USAGE:
"It's like having little wormholes to slip into and ruminate humanity before being slapped out by the sharp turns of the plot."
Human/Being; Tehelka (New Delhi, India); Jun 18, 2012.
See more usage examples of ruminate in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. -Walter Scott, novelist and poet (1771-1832)
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DRUMINATE - to drum the Party's shibboleth into the lowinfo voter's little mind until he marches in step with the right drummer.
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RUMIPATE- roommate's head
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RUPINATE - to convert one's dollars to Indian currency
RUINATE - to destroy a reputation utterly. usage - "He'll be the ruination of us, just you wait'n see..."
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HUMINATE - the act of humming snippets of old show tunes when composing for a new musical today.
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PRESENTIMENT
PRONUNCIATION: (pri-ZEN-tuh-ment)
MEANING: noun: A sense that something is going to happen, especially something bad.
ETYMOLOGY: From French pressentiment (premonition), from pressentir (to have a premonition), from Latin pre- (before) + sentire (to feel). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sent- (to head for or to go), that is also the source for send, scent, sense, sentence, assent, consent, and ressentiment. Earliest documented use: 1663.
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PROSENTIMENT - I'm all for it !
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PRESENDIMENT – The feeling, just a nanosecond before the finger descends upon the mouse button to release an email, and too late to stop it, that it's a really, really bad idea.
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PRESENTIMINT - the gift of Altoids
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RESENTIMENT - the feeling that the two posts above yours are better, brighter, and funnier than your post so you go get a beer and turn on the TV.
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Don't sell yourself short, Kiddo Actually this is a great word, fraught with possibilities. Unlike many of last week's words, which were limited and constricting. (When's the last time you saw "fraught" used in a conversation?  )
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PRESENTIENT - I just haven't thought of it yet...
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fungible
PRONUNCIATION: (FUHN-juh-buhl)
MEANING: adjective: Interchangeable.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin fungi (to perform in place). Earliest documented use: 1765.
NOTES:
When you lend someone a dollar bill, you don't care if he returns the same bill or a different one because money is fungible. Same with things such as gold, a cup of sugar, etc. However, if you lend someone your cell phone, you wouldn't be pleased if he returned a different phone even if it's exactly the same model. That would be an example of something nonfungible.
USAGE:
"Forbidden to own land for most of our two millennia of exile, we gradually became experts in accumulating capital, which is portable, easily inheritable, fungible, and expandable."
Ellen Frankel; Taking Stock; The Jerusalem Report (Israel); May 19, 2014.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all. -Ogden Nash, poet (1902-1971)
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JUNGIBLE - hippies, Eastern mystics, and Carl Jung
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FUNGICLE - an iced summer treat-on-a-stick, made of tofu
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plangent
PRONUNCIATION: (PLAN-juhnt)
MEANING:
adjective:
1. Loud and resounding.
2. Sad or mournful.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin plangere (to beat the br- east, lament). Ultimately from the Indo-European root plak- (to strike), which also gave us plague, plankton, fling, and complain. Earliest documented use: 1666.
USAGE:
"When the two horns answered each other's plangent calls from opposite sides of the vast auditorium the effect was electrifying."
A Majestic Canon; The Economist (London, UK); Sep 4, 2003.
"Enthrallingly told, beautifully written, and so emotionally plangent that some passages bring tears."
Amanda Vaill; A Luminous Novel of Children in War ("All the Light We Cannot See"); The Washington Post; May 6, 2014.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Creative minds are uneven, and the best of fabrics have their dull spots. -HP Lovecraft, short-story writer and novelist (1890-1937)
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PLANGVENT - to vent grief by resounding moaning
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FLANGENT - the chef who specializes in custard desserts
PLANTGENT - the toff is a farmer
PLANGENU - what the orthopedist does before your knee surgery*
PLANGEST - they just don't come any planger than that!
*("genu* being what a doctor calls a knee. As in "genuflect.")
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DEPORTMENT
PRONUNCIATION: (di-PORT-ment)
MEANING: noun: The manner in which one conducts oneself in public.
ETYMOLOGY: From French déportement, from Latin deportare, from de- (away) + portare (carry). Ultimately from the Indo-European root per- (to lead, pass over), which also gave us support, comport, petroleum, sport, passport, colporteur (a peddler of religious books), rapporteur, Norwegian fjord (bay), and Sanskrit parvat (mountain). Earliest documented use: 1601.
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DETORTMENT - clearing of civil wrongdoing
DEPOSTMENT - closing postoffices to save money, and the public convenience be damned
DEFORTMENT - you get the idea
DEEPORTMENT - building an offshore shiploading facility over the Marianas Trench
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PUISSANCE
PRONUNCIATION: (PWIS-uhns, PYOO-i-suhns)
MEANING: noun: Power or strength.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French puissance (power), from Latin posse (to be able). Ultimately from the Indo-European root poti- (powerful, lord) which also gave us possess, power, possible, posse, potent, plenipotentiary, Italian podesta, and Turkish pasha (via Persian). Earliest documented use: 1420
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P.U. -ISTANCE - the event "scent horizon" around a black skunk. (If you get any closer you're doomed!)
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NUISSANCE - always making a pest of oneself
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OUI-SSANCE - saying "yes" to everything
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RECAPITULATE
PRONUNCIATION: ree-kuh-PICH-uh-layt)
MEANING: verb tr., intr.: To recap or to repeat.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin recapitulare (to sum up), re- (again) + capitulare (to draw up under headings), from capitulum (little head, chapter), from caput (head). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kaput- (head), also the origin of head, captain, chef, chapter, cadet, cattle, chattel, achieve, biceps, mischief, and occiput. Earliest documented use: 1551.
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PRECAPITULATE - the fix is in
RECAPITULANTE - throw good money after bad; keep playing Poker when you're deep on the hole
REDCAPITULATE - the Baggage-Handlers' Union has agreed to a new contract
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DEGUST
PRONUNCIATION: (di-GUHST)
MEANING: verb tr.: To taste or savor appreciatively.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin degustare (to taste), from de- (completely) + gustare (to taste). Ultimately from the Indo-European root geus- (to taste or choose), which also gave us choice, choose, gusto, ragout, and disgust. Earliest documented use: 1623.
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DOGUST (rhymes with August) - the hot sultry days of summer
DEGAUST - removed residual magnetism
DEBUST - 1) post someone's bail; 2) what the Amazons did to themselves so they'd be better archers
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REPROVE
PRONUNCIATION: (ri-PROOV)
MEANING: verb tr.: To reprimand or censure.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin reprobare (to disapprove), from re- (opposite) + probare (to approve), from probus (good). Earliest documented use: 1330.
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RYEPROVE - verify that your Canadian Club hasn't been diluted
REPLOVE - the endorphin high that makes you happy to continue exercising
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PROROGUE
PRONUNCIATION: (pro-ROHG)
MEANING: verb tr.:
1. To discontinue a session of something, for example, a parliament.
2. To defer or to postpone.
ETYMOLOGY: From French proroger (to adjourn), from Latin prorogare (to prolong or defer), from pro- (before) + rogare (to ask). Ultimately from the Indo-European root reg- (to move in a straight line, to lead or rule), which is also the source of regime, direct, rectangle, erect, rectum, alert, source, and surge. Earliest documented use: 1419.
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PRE-ROGUE - young scamp (cf. PRIOROGUE)
PYRO-ROGUE - arsonist
UPROR-OGUE - that Victoria's Secret sales brochure is so offensive, people everywhere are complaining loudly
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PEROROGUE - a Pololish dumplumpling
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REPOSE
PRONUNCIATION: (ri-POHZ)
MEANING:
noun:
1. A state of rest.
2. Calmness.
verb intr.:
3. To lie down.
4. To lie dead.
verb tr.:
5. To lay at rest.
6. To place confidence in someone or something.
7. To put something somewhere.
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For 1-5: From Latin repausare (to cause to rest), from re- (intensive prefix) + pausare (to rest), from pausa (rest). Earliest documented use: 1450.
For 6-7: From Latin reponere (to store up), from ponere (to put). Ultimately from the Indo-European root apo- (off or away) that is also the source of after, off, awkward, post, and puny. Earliest documented use: 1440.
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REPOSSE - Saddle up yer hosses one more time, boys, we got to chase down and ketch them varmints agin
REPOSY (ant. of LACKADAISICAL) - replace the missing flower
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CONSONANCE
PRONUNCIATION: (KON-suh-nuhns)
MEANING: noun:
1. Agreement or accord.
2. A combination of sounds pleasing to the ear.
3. The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the ends of words, such as st in the phrase first and last.
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Via French, from Latin con- (with) + sonare (to sound), from sonus (sound). Ultimately from the Indo-European root swen- (to sound), which also gave us sound, sonic, sonnet, sonata, and unison. Earliest documented use: 1430.
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CONSONANCE - all the letters but A E I O and U (the "identity" transformation)
COINSONANCE - random noises that happen to sound nice together
RONSONANCE - the click made by an old cigarette lighter
CONSONACE - that little squeak at the poker table made by a pair of bullets in the hole as you gently open them into view
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LEVEEPRONUNCIATION: (LEV-ee) MEANING: noun: 1. An embankment made to prevent flooding. 2. An embankment around a field that is to be irrigated. 3. A landing place; a quay. 4. A formal reception. ETYMOLOGY: For 1-3: From French levée, past participle of lever (to raise). Earliest documented use: 1718. For 4: From French levé, variant of lever (rising from bed), from lever (to rise). Originally, a levee was a meeting held on a royal's rising from bed. Earliest documented use: 1700. ----------------------------------- LEVET - where you bring LE DOG to get LE RABIES-SHOT ALEVEE - Naproxen For Her
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PROW
PRONUNCIATION: (prou)
MEANING: noun:
1. The front of a ship or a boat above the water; the bow.
2. The projecting front part of something, as a building.
adjective:
3. Valiant.
ETYMOLOGY: For 1-2: From Middle French proue, from Old Italian dialect prua, from Latin prora. Ultimately from the Indo-European root per- (forward), which also gave us paramount, prime, proton, Czech prám (raft), German Frau (woman), and Hindi purana (old). Earliest documented use: 1555.
For 3: From Middle French prou, from Old English prud. Earliest documented use: 1350.
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PHROW
1. a line-up of chemicals arranged in order of their acidity (sometimes written pHROW)
2. a scam email trying to sell you a fake German wife
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