Word of the Day : December 11, 2020 Contraband noun KAHN-truh-band Definition 1 : illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling 2 : goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden; also : smuggled goods 3 : a slave who during the American Civil War escaped to or was brought within the Union lines Did you know? Contraband first appeared in English … Continue reading Word of the Day – Contraband
Word of the Day – Spontaneous
Word of the Day : December 10, 2020 Spontaneous adjective spahn-TAY-nee-us Definition 1 : proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint 2 : arising from a momentary impulse 3 : controlled and directed internally : self-acting 4 : produced without being planted or without human labor : indigenous 5 : developing or occurring without apparent external influence, force, cause, or treatment 6 : not apparently contrived … Continue reading Word of the Day – Spontaneous
Word of the Day – Rescind
Word of the Day : December 9, 2020 Rescind verb rih-SIND Definition 1 : to take away : remove 2 a : take back, cancel b : to abrogate (a contract) and restore the parties to the positions they would have occupied had there been no contract 3 : to make void by action of the enacting authority or a superior authority : repeal Did you know? Rescind and the … Continue reading Word of the Day – Rescind
Word of the Day – Paucity
Word of the Day : December 8, 2020 Paucity noun PAW-suh-tee Definition 1 : smallness of number : fewness 2 : smallness of quantity : dearth Did you know? Here's a little information about paucity: the word was first recorded in English in the 15th century, and it comes to us from the Latin paucitas ("smallness of number"), which is derived from the adjective paucus ("little"). The … Continue reading Word of the Day – Paucity
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