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Word of the Day: November 6, 2023 Terraform verb TEH-ruh-form What It Means To terraform something (such as a planet or moon) is to transform it so that it is suitable for supporting human life. // With Earth being the only Goldilocks planet within our reach, some argue that the survival of humanity depends on our ability to … Continue reading Word of the Day – Terraform

Word of the Day - Parse Word of the Day : November 3, 2023  Parse verb PARSS What It Means To parse something is to to study it by looking closely at its parts. In grammar and linguistics, parse means "to divide (a sentence) into grammatical parts and identify the parts and their relations to each other." // The … Continue reading Word of the Day – Parse

Word of the Day - Analogue Word of the Day: November 2, 2023 Analogue noun AN-uh-log What It Means Analogue refers to something that is similar to something else in design, origin, use, etc. In other words, an analogue is analogous to something else. // There are many historical analogues to our current political situation that we can learn … Continue reading Word of the Day – Analogue

Word of the Day: November 1, 2023 Fuliginous adjective fyoo-LIJ-uh-nus What It Means Fuliginous is a formal adjective that is synonymous with sooty; it describes things related to, containing, or producing soot. It can also describe things that are figuratively sooty—that is, dark or murky, as in "fuliginous soul"—as well as things that are dark or sooty in … Continue reading Word of the Day – Fuliginous