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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "pelf"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[pelf \PELF\ (noun) - Money; riches; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten.

"A life-long con man, Jason was always just one big scam away from taking his pelf and retiring for good."

Pelf comes from Old French pelfre, "...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1127141</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Diaphanous"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[diaphanous \di-AE-feh-nehs\ (adjective) - Thin and fragile, translucent, 
filmy or flimsy.

"Jacob's lie was so diaphanous that even his dog could see through it"

 From Greek dia- "through" + phainein "to show". The latter underlies 
"photo-" and...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1125612</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Matutolypea"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[matutolypea \meh-tu-teh-leh-PEE-eh\ (noun) - A rare word for an everyday 
occurrence: ill-humor in the mornings, getting up on the wrong side of the 
bed.

'The secret is not to talk to Mr. Jenkins at all until he's been awake for 
at least an ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1125059</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/08/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Opus"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[opus \O-pehs\ (noun) - (Erudite) A creative work, such as a novel, musical 
piece, or painting.

"Brendan's latest opus contains a modicum of verisimilitude conveyed with 
fatuous periphrasis."

Italian opera "work" from Latin opus, opera (plural)...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1125060</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Garlic"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Garlic \GAH(r)-lik\ (noun) - An onion-like plant of the species Allium 
sativum with an edible bulb that separates into distinct sections, called 
'cloves' (from cleave, i.e. cleft sections) and which has a strong smell 
and taste, used for ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1125099</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Absquatulate"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1124539</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/05/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Fricassee"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[fricassee \fri-keh-SEE or FRI-keh-see\ (noun) - A dish made of poultry or 
meat, fresh or leftover, cut into small pieces, sauteed, then stewed in a 
gravy.

"Sullivan's proposal contained nothing new; it was just a fricassee of 
leftover ideas ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1121098</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Psephology"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[psephology \se-FAH-leh-gee\ (noun) - The study of political campaigns and 
elections, including voting trends that predict election results. It could 
also be used to refer to the conduct of elections and voting trends 
themselves.

"The Florida ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1120725</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Meshuga"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>meshuga</b> <i>\meh-SHU-geh\</i> (adjective) - (Affectionate) Crazy, 
nutty, absent-minded.

"You can't parachute from the roof with an umbrella! Where did you get a 
meshuga idea like that?!"
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1119357</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Cacodylic"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>cacodylic</b> <i>\kae-keh-DI-lik\</i> (adjective) - 1 :  Belonging to 
the arsenic group of poisons. 2 : Foul-smelling.

<i>"After playing in the yard, Meghan found a cacodylic substance clinging 
stubbornly to the bottom of her right shoe."</i>
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1118767</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/01/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Undervote"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>undervote</b> <i>\EHN-dehr-vot\</i> (noun) - A ballot missing one or 
more votes for specific offices that (usually) do not invalidate voting for 
other offices on the same ballot.


"In the election of 2000, the Gore campaign argued that many ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1118202</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/31/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Pudic"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>pudic</b> <i>\PYU-dik\</i> (adjective) - Modest as a result of being 
chaste, having a very sensitive sense of shame.

"Bigelow was so pudic in his demeanor, girls were attracted to him like 
blind moths to an unlit candle."
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1117601</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Sciential"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[sciential \sye-EN-shul\ (adjective) - 1 : relating to or producing 
knowledge or science  2 : having efficient knowledge : capable

Of the value of having a library at hand for a liberal education, Coleridge 
wrote: "There is no way of arriving at...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1117170</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Festoon"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[festoon \fes-TUN\ (verb) - To drape a bushy rope of greenery or colorful 
cloth in loops that droop down between the points where it is attached, for 
festive decoration.

"Well, no, festooning the tree with toilet paper is not really what I had 
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1116774</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Sitophobia"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[sitophobia \sy-tuh-FO-bee-uh\ (noun) - Morbid aversion to food.

"While lowering her little girl's weight was important, June was concerned 
about putting her on a diet as it could place her in danger of contracting 
sitophobia."
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1115841</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Nosopoetic"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[nosopoetic \no-seh-po-ET-ik\ (adjective) - Disease-causing, disease 
producing, infectious.

"One of the goals of early manned space flights was to test for any 
nosopoetic effects of extended periods of weightlessness."
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1115322</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Quasquicentennial"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>quasquicentennial</b> <i>\kwah-skweh-sin-TE-ni-yehl\</i> (adjective) - 
Pertaining to 125 or 125th; the celebration of 125 years.

<i>"Lawrence, this is the quasquicentennial time I've requested that you 
clean up your room."</i>

Apparently, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1114324</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Billabong"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>billabong</b> <i>\BI-leh-bang\</i> (noun) - 1 : A waterhole near a 
stream filled only during floods. 2 : A part of a river or creek that dries 
up after the rainy season.

<i>"1985 was a positive billabong for Janice in an otherwise gushing 
...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1113807</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Crotchet"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[crotchet \KRAH-chet\ (noun) - A highly individual and eccentric opinion or 
preference. Originally, a small hook or hooked instrument although that 
sense is now archaic.

"Guacamole on ice cream is just one of Jason's many gastronomic crotchets."...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1113710</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/23/2026</pubDate>
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