Word of the Day

Word of the Day : March 3, 2021 Contaminate verb kun-TAM-uh-nayt Definition 1 a : to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association b : to make inferior or impure by admixture  2 : to make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements Did you know? Contaminate, taint, pollute, and defile mean to make impure or unclean. Contaminate implies … Continue reading Word of the Day – Contaminate

Word of the Day : March 2, 2021 Organoleptic adjective or-guh-noh-LEP-tik Definition 1 : being, affecting, or relating to qualities (such as taste, color, odor, and feel) of a substance (such as a food or drug) that stimulate the sense organs 2 : involving use of the sense organs Did you know? English speakers got an early taste of organoleptic in … Continue reading Word of the Day – Organoleptic

Word of the Day : March 1, 2021 noun guh-ZET Definition 1 : a paper that is printed and distributed usually daily or weekly and that contains news, articles of opinion, features, and advertising : newspaper 2 : an official journal 3 British : an announcement in an official gazette Did you know? You are probably familiar with the word gazette from its use in … Continue reading Word of the Day – Gazette

Word of the Day : February 26, 2021 Megillah noun muh-GHIL-uh Definition 1 slang : a long involved story or account 2 slang a : an elaborate, complicated production or sequence of events b : everything involved in what is under consideration : ball of wax Did you know? Although megillah is a slang word in English, it has perfectly respectable Hebrew origins. Megillah derives from the Yiddish megile, which … Continue reading Word of the Day – Megillah