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Today's Word "Brook"

brook \brUk (verb) - To put up with or stand for; to tolerate. "Rick will brook any amount of nonsense as long as his girlfriend keeps his number on speed-dial."

Today's Word "Earwig"

earwig \EER-wig\ (verb) - To annoy or attempt to influence by private talk "Jericho earwigged the Web mogul at the software conference, asking him to take the lead in banning spyware advertising from the sites he hosted." Earwigs are small ...

Today's Word "indigence"

indigence \IN-dih-juhn(t)s\ (noun) - A state of extreme poverty or destitution. "Such was the band's indigence that all they could afford was 'loser's lunch', a meal which consisted of baloney on hand, as they could not afford even bread." ...

Today's Word "Absquatulate"

Absquatulate \ahb-SQWAH-chu-leyt\ (verb) - 1 : To depart, abscond, take off; to die. 2 : To argue. "David seems to have absquatulated with my date while I was in the bathroom; would you like to dance?" Today's word is not one you would want ...

Today's Word "Jocund"

jocund \JAH-kehnd or JO-kehnd\ (adjective) - Happy, light-hearted, pleasant, carefree, cheerful. "Sally would always point out that a jocund home was a good place for children to grow up, so she would encourage everyone to laugh often."

Today's Word "complement"

complement \KOM-pluh-muhnt\ (noun) - 1 : Something that fills up or completes. 2 : The quantity or number required to make up a whole or to make something complete. 3 : One of two parts that complete a whole or mutually complete each other; a ...