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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "taciturn"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[taciturn \TAS-uh-turn\ (adjective) - Habitually silent; not inclined to talk.

"A normally taciturn sort, Mike was surprisingly voluble that evening when the topic of public health care was brought up."

Taciturn comes from Latin taciturnus, from ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1015969</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Byzantine"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Byzantine \BIZ-en-teen, -tin, bi-ZAN-tin\ (adjective) - 1 : Of or relating to the ancient city of Byzantium. Of or relating to the Byzantine Empire. 2 : Of or belonging to the style of architecture developed from the fifth century A.D. in the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1016797</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "phillumenist"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[phillumenist \fuh-LOO-muh-nist\ (noun) - One who collects matchbooks or matchboxes.

"An avid phillumenist, Todd felt his collection posed no actual danger of fire as he had removed the matches from each and every one of his acquired collectibles....<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1015378</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/11/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Charrette"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[charrette \shuh-RET\ (noun) - 1 : A final intense effort to complete a design project. 2 : A preliminary meeting involving stakeholders (citizens, planners, designers, etc.) to brainstorm or to elicit input on a project.

"In spite of an all night...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1015415</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "phillumenist"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[phillumenist \fuh-LOO-muh-nist\ (noun) - One who collects matchbooks or matchboxes.

"An avid phillumenist, Todd felt his collection posed no actual danger of fire as he had removed the matches from each and every one of his acquired collectibles....<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1013026</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Quean"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[quean \kween\ (noun) - A bold, impudent, or ill-behaved woman, even a hussy 
or a strumpet.

"Jean is a keen dean at school but a mean quean on the neighborhood scene."

Today's word originated as Old English cwene [kwene] when "queen" was 
"cwen"...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1010610</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/08/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Catercorner"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[catercorner \KAE-deh(r)-kor-nehr or teh(r)\ (adverb) - Located diagonally 
across from something else.

"Jason is the sort whose thinking runs absolutely catercorner to everyone 
else's."
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1008280</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Yegg"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[yegg \yeg\ (noun) - A thug or burglar, especially a safecracker.

"The party was filled with such a collection of yeggs, delinquents, deuces, 
hustlers, gangsters, heavies, and hoods that Dennis would check, after he 
had shaken hands with someone...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1005111</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Griselda"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Griselda \gri-ZEL-duh\ (noun) - 1 : A woman of exemplary meekness and patience. 2 : A female given name: from a Germanic word meaning 'gray battle.'

"While most in the office described Lois as 'mousy," Hank considered her more of a Griselda given...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1003639</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/05/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "temerarious"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[temerarious \tem-uh-RAIR-ee-uhs\ (adjective) - Recklessly or presumptuously daring; rash.

"I have confessed myself a temerarious theologian, and in that passage from boyhood to manhood I ranged widely in my search for some permanently satisfying ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1003145</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Allege"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[allege \eh-LEJ\ (verb) - To assert as true; to assert without providing proof.

"The suspected perpetrator of what police allege to be a crime has been 
suspended from the force pending further investigation."
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1001595</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/03/2026</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-999819</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "verbiage"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[verbiage \VUR-bee-ij\ (noun) - 1 : An overabundance of words; wordiness. 2 : Manner or style of expression; diction.

"I'm aware that I may be boring you, I'm cognizant of the fact that I have a tendency to excessive verbiage..." -- David Bosworth...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-999608</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/01/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Pervious"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[pervious \PER-vi-ehs\ (adjective) - 1 : Permeable, penetrable, allowing 
passage through itself; 2 :  susceptible to reason, approachable, can be 
reasoned with.

"Pamela is a pervious supervisor; approach her calmly and rationally and 
she'll ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-997856</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/31/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Snook"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[snook \SNOOK\ (noun) - 1 : A gesture of defiance and/or derision. 2 : Any 
of several kinds of salt-water fish of family Centropomidae, such as the 
sergeant-fish and the robalo.

"Sarah's rendition of 'I'm still standing' at the karaoke evening ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-997857</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Collage"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[collage \kuh-LAZH\ (noun) - A form of art where various disparate objects 
are assembled together.

"Troy would usually start his epic canvases by assembling a collage of 
disturbing imagery which he would transfer down before beginning to 
paint."
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-996786</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Thersitical"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[thersitical \thur-SIT-i-kuhl\ (adjective) - Foulmouthed; scurrilous.

"The self-described beneficiaries of most of this I.Q. increase, 
Princeton's 'Smart Fans,' have railed at season's end against thersitical 
cheers and jouncing the stands at ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-994828</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Gadfly"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[gadfly \GAD-fly\ (noun) - 1 : One who persistently annoys. 2 :  Any of the various types of flies that bite livestock.

"Despite his stern image, Frederic loved gossip and bawdy, silly jokes and became close friends with noted gadfly Angela ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-993886</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Magisterial"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[magisterial \maj-uh-STEER-ee-uhl\ (adjective) - 1 : Having the 
characteristics of a master or teacher; authoritative. 2 : Domineering or 
overbearing. 3 : Of or relating to a magistrate.

"Everyone agreed that Jason's magisterial qualities ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-994547</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commonly Confused]]></title>
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Many errors in English are perpetrated and perpetuated by people
misusing words beginning with "per," "pre" and "pro." See whether you
can choose the correct word in each sentence:

No. 1: Taking English 101 is a (prerequisite, perquisite) for ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/thewordguy/s-4258331</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/22/2026</pubDate>
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