Word of the Day : December 15, 2020 adjective pree-HEN-sil Definition 1 : adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around 2 : gifted with mental grasp or moral or aesthetic perception Did you know? You may be familiar with prehensile from the animal world: monkeys have prehensile tails, elephants have prehensile trunks, giraffes have prehensile tongues, etc. But … Continue reading Word of the Day – Prehensile
Word of the Day – Contraband
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
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