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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "banal"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[banal \BAY-nul; buh-NALL; buh-NAHL (British)\ (adjective) - Commonplace; trivial; hackneyed; trite.

"While many critics were raving that the new work was fresh and inspiring, Jack and his friends found it banal and insipid, devoid of any ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1327058</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/18/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "neophyte"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[neophyte \NEE-uh-fyt\ (noun) - 1 : A beginner; novice. 2 : A new convert to a belief.

"After writing critically acclaimed novels with little financial success for over twenty years, Lois became furious when a neophyte, whom had stolen all of his ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1325783</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/16/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Let's Play 'Vol'-ley Ball!]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The words "volunteer," "volley" and "volume" all share the same
syllable: "vol." But does that mean they share a common origin?

Nope. Each is derived from a different Latin root.

"Volunteer" comes from the Latin root "vol-," a stem of the Latin ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/thewordguy/s-1325331</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/15/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "solace"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[solace \SOL-is\ (noun) - 1 : Comfort in time of grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety. 2 : That which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; a source of relief.

(transitive verb) - 1 : To comfort or cheer in grief or affliction; to...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1325278</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/15/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "McJob"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[McJob \mehk-JOB\ (noun) - A low-paying, non-challenging job with few benefits or opportunities, typically in the service sector.

"In his idle moments Francis was wont to dream of quitting his high-stress position selling advertising to angry, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1324747</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/14/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Omphalos"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[omphalos \AHM-feh-lehs\ (noun) - The navel (scar where the umbilical cord 
was attached); a central or focal point.

"The omphalos of the meeting was Peter's announcement that the accounting 
firm was fired and the company's finances were in the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1324255</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "verbalism"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[verbalism \VUR-buh-liz-uhm\ (noun) - 1 : An expression in words; a word or phrase. The manner in which something is phrased; wording. 2 : A wordy phrase or sentence that has little meaning. 3 : Abundant use of words without conveying much meaning....<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1323843</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/12/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "exiguous"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[exiguous \ig-ZIG-yoo-us\ (adjective) - Extremely scanty; meager.

"Janice worked as a waitress in an effort to supplement her exiguous income working at a big box retailer, although neither employer was sympathetic to the other's schedule."
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		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1323485</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/11/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Adrenalize"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[adrenalize \a-DREEN-uh-lyz\ (verb) - To excite and stir to action.

"After his girlfriend, his latest 'true love,' dumped him, Frank watched his roommate's spirits sink so low that he was convinced that nothing would adrenalize him, not even ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1322369</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/09/2013</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blasted by a 'Trope'-ical Storm]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: I've been hearing a word more and more frequently, mostly during
movie or book reviews on NPR -- "trope." My dictionary defines "trope"
as the figurative use of a word or expression, a figure of speech. But
the meaning the speakers give it is ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/thewordguy/s-1321828</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/08/2013</pubDate>
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