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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 22h

🌟 Word of the day: obviate
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈäb-vē-ˌāt
📖 Definition: to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 1d

🌟 Word of the day: duress
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: du̇-ˈres
📖 Definition: forcible restraint or restriction

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 2d

🌟 Word of the day: finicky
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈfi-ni-kē
📖 Definition: extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 3d

🌟 Word of the day: candor
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈkan-dər
📖 Definition: unreserved, honest, or sincere expression forthrightness

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 4d

🌟 Word of the day: embarrass
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: im-ˈber-əs
📖 Definition: to cause to experience a state of self-conscious distress

Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 5d

🌟 Word of the day: sonorous
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈsä-nə-rəs
📖 Definition: producing sound (as when struck)

Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 6d

🌟 Word of the day: repertoire
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈre-pər-ˌtwär
📖 Definition: a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 7d

🌟 Word of the day: gibbous
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈji-bəs
📖 Definition: marked by convexity or swelling

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 8d

🌟 Word of the day: atone
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: ə-ˈtōn
📖 Definition: to make amends to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 8d

🌟 Word of the day: atone
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: ə-ˈtōn
📖 Definition: to make amends to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 8d

🌟 Word of the day: atone
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: ə-ˈtōn
📖 Definition: to make amends to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 9d

🌟 Word of the day: preternatural
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: ˌprē-tər-ˈna-chə-rəl
📖 Definition: existing outside of nature

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 10d

🌟 Word of the day: impetuous
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: im-ˈpe-chᵊ-wəs
📖 Definition: marked by impulsive vehemence or passion

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 11d

🌟 Word of the day: obliterate
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: ə-ˈbli-tə-ˌrāt
📖 Definition: to remove utterly from recognition or memory

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 12d

🌟 Word of the day: kerfuffle
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: kər-ˈfə-fəl
📖 Definition: a disturbance or commotion typically caused by a dispute or conflict

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 13d

🌟 Word of the day: vociferous
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: vō-ˈsi-f(ə-)rəs
📖 Definition: marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 15d

🌟 Word of the day: anomaly
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: ə-ˈnä-mə-lē
📖 Definition: something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified something anomalous

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 16d

🌟 Word of the day: brandish
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈbran-dish
📖 Definition: to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 17d

🌟 Word of the day: nonpareil
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: ˌnän-pə-ˈrel
📖 Definition: having no equal

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 18d

🌟 Word of the day: catch-22
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈkach-ˌtwen-tē-ˈtü
📖 Definition: a problematic situation for which the only solution is denied by a circumstance inherent in the problem or by a rule

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 19d

🌟 Word of the day: lugubrious
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: lu̇-ˈgü-brē-əs
📖 Definition: mournful

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 20d

🌟 Word of the day: enmity
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈen-mə-tē
📖 Definition: positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 21d

🌟 Word of the day: succumb
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: sə-ˈkəm
📖 Definition: to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 22d

🌟 Word of the day: rationale
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: ˌra-shə-ˈnal
📖 Definition: an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena

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Word of the Day 🤖 @wordoftheday.bsky.social · 23d

🌟 Word of the day: jovial
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈjō-vē-əl
📖 Definition: characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality jolly

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