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noun a wild adventure or prank, usually mischievous or mildly wicked.This last escapade, in which the boy let loose some chickens in the school, caused him to be expelled. See the full…

With the Wordsmyth Vocabulary Center activities, you can study the words of the week, play games with them, and assess your knowledge of their meanings with a quiz. Go to the Vocabulary…

noun a long thin body part on the head or around the mouth of some animals. Tentacles are used for feeling or taking hold of things.Octopus and squid have tentacles. See the…

noun a natural tendency or inclination; propensity or predisposition.His proclivity is to work late into the night and then sleep through the morning. See the full entry

noun an unwanted but necessary task; burden.As the manager, the onus was on him to fire this very amiable but inefficient employee. See the full entry