transitive verb 1. to make worse.Her illness was aggravated by lack of sleep. 2. (informal) to annoy or bother.He was aggravated by his inability to find the right word. See the full…
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misconception
noun an error in understanding or conceiving; wrong notion or idea.It is a common misconception that weight and mass are the same thing. See the full entry
gibberish
noun written or spoken words that are unintelligible, needlessly obscure, or without coherent meaning.The letter appeared to contain nothing but gibberish until they discovered it was written in code. See the full…
Word of the Year 2022
Thanks to many users’ participation, we have chosen the Word of the Year for 2022. emerge When I think of this year, I think of one word. Emerge. We started off the…
Word Parts IV: Basic prefixes
A prefix is a word part that attaches to the front of a root or to an existing word to create a new word. The prefix “micro,” for example, attached before the…