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OVER A CITY - how airplanes approach many urban airports wofahulicodoc 10/03/2026 2:38 AM
VERACITY

PRONUNCIATION: (vuh-RAS-i-tee)

MEANING: noun:
1. Truthfulness or accuracy.
2. Something true; a truth.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin verax (truthful), from verus (true). Earliest documented use: 1614.
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TERACITY - the number of trilions comprising something

FERACITY - wildness (a multilayered portmanteau of feral and voracity and ferocity)

VERACIFY - to investigate something and establish that it is true and accurate
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VENOMUS - full of poison wofahulicodoc 10/03/2026 2:17 AM
VENOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (VEE-nuhs)

MEANING: adjective: Relating to veins.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin vena (vein). Earliest documented use: 1626.
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AVENOUS - broad roads, usually perpendicular to Streets

GENOUS - very smart, except not so good at spelling

KENOUS - like a gambling game, similar to a punch-card or Lotto game
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