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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "hortatory"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[hortatory \HOR-tuh-tor-ee\ (adjective) - Marked by strong urging; serving to encourage or incite; as, "a hortatory speech."

"Giles later gave up the position in the conviction that he could reach thousands with his beguiling pen while only ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-959802</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/08/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Remonstrant"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>remonstrant</b> <i>\reh-MAHN-strehnt\</i> (adjective) - In a state of 
vigorously objecting to, earnestly aggrieved by or opposed to something.

"The remonstrant set of Russel's jaw convinced Andre that she could never 
persuade him to give her...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-959142</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "vituperate"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[vituperate \vy-TOO-puh-rate, -TYOO-, vi-\ (verb) - To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.

"The incensed priests...continued to raise their voices, vituperating each other in bad ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-957961</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "chortle"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[chortle \CHOR-tl\ (transitive and intransitive verb) - To utter, or express with, a snorting, exultant laugh or chuckle.

(noun) - A snorting, exultant laugh or chuckle.

"Kip punctuated each of his sarcastic remarks with his customary, derisive ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-957484</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/05/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "faineant"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[faineant \fay-nay-AWN\ (adjective) - 1 : Doing nothing or given to doing nothing; idle; lazy.

(noun) - 1 : A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard.

"A faineant government is not the worst government that England can have. It has been the great ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-956785</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Bort"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[bort \bort\ (noun) - Poor-quality diamond, or diamond fragment, used as an industrial abrasive, as in grinding wheel.

"James was so notoriously cheap that Theresa wasn't at all surprised to discover that her supposedly 'high-quality' engangement ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-956201</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "tittle-tattle"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[tittle-tattle \TIT-uhl TAT-uhl\ (noun) - 1 : Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle. 2 : An idle, trifling talker; a gossip.

(verb) - 1 : to talk idly; to prate.

"Both were in their seventies, and like two old parrots they told, in identical words, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-955589</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "auscultation"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[auscultation \o-skuhl-TAY-shuhn\ (noun) - 1 : The act of listening. 2 : The act of listening for sounds made by internal organs, as the heart and lungs, to aid in the diagnosis of certain disorders.

"After Tess's doctor performed chest ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-955006</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/01/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "grok"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[grok \GRAWK\ (transitive verb slang) - To understand, especially in a profound and intimate way. Slang.

'"Even if you explain it in short words I'm not going to grok it, okay?" Benjamin frowned the uncomprehending frown of someone whose learning ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-954403</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/31/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "prink"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[prink \PRINGK\ (transitive verb) - To dress up; to deck for show.

(intransitive verb) - To dress or arrange oneself for show; to primp.

"Richard and Peg's back room held an excellent double bed with thick linen curtains drawn about it from rails...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-953949</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Newel"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[newel \NOO-el, NYOO-\ (noun) - 1 : A center column that supports the steps of a spiral staircase. 2 : A post supporting the handrail of a staircase.

"Midway through the stair project Larry appeared with a solid pine stair newel, stripped and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-952920</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "arcanum"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[arcanum \ar-KAY-nuhm\ (noun) plural arcana \-nuh\ - 1 : A secret; a mystery. 2 : Specialized or mysterious knowledge, language, or information that is not accessible to the average person (generally used in the plural).

"Millford was gifted in ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-952066</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "clamber"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[clamber \KLAM-buhr; KLAM-uhr\ (intransitive verb) - To climb with difficulty, or on all fours; to scramble.

(noun) - The act of clambering.

"See them clamber, these quick monkeys! They clamber away, one atop the other, and so drag themselves ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-951471</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "tarry"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[tarry \TAR-ee\ (verb intr.) - 1 : To delay or be late in going, coming, or doing. 2 : To wait. 3 : To remain or stay temporarily, as in a place; sojourn. (verb tr.) To wait for; await. (noun) A temporary stay; a sojourn. (adjective) Of, resembling...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-950893</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "velleity"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[velleity \veh-LEE-uh-tee; vuh-\ (noun) - 1 : The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition. 2 : A slight wish or inclination.

"While most of his friends thought that his desire to become a singer of popular music was little more ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-950435</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Sciolist"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[sciolist \SAI-uh-list\ (noun) - One who engages in pretentious display of 
superficial knowledge.

"Jason's ignorance of the progress which the marketing department had up to 
that time made was only equalled by his insolence toward its members in...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-949541</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "propinquity"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[propinquity \pruh-PING-kwih-tee\ (noun) - 1 : Nearness in place; proximity. 2 : Nearness in time. 3 : Nearness of relation; kinship.

"Janice was stunned by the propinquity of her best friend winning the lottery, having never previously even had ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-948442</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Pococurante"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[pococurante \po-ko-koo-RAN-tee, -kyoo-\ (adjective) - Indifferent, apathetic, nonchalant.

"James' only claim to fame was a single pococurante addition to the company's rules and regulations yet this, along with his esteemed name, was enough to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-947769</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Zugzwang"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[zugzwang \TSOOK-tsvahng\ (noun) - A position where one is forced to make an undesirable move.

"Alan's company suddenly found itself in zugzwang, where every move it made worsened its position against an invisible opponent."

From German Zugzwang,...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-947120</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/21/2026</pubDate>
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    <pubDate>May/20/2026</pubDate>
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