noun an extremely poor person, esp. one who must live on public charity.Widowed and disabled, she became a pauper living on hand-outs. transitive verb to cause to be a pauper; impoverish. See…
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WOTD: gaffe
noun a crude social error; blunder; faux pas.The politician’s tasteless remark on the talk show was a gaffe that brought him ridicule in the national press. See the full entry
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WOTD: obligatory
adjective binding in a moral or legal sense.Basic care of one’s child is considered obligatory by the law. See the full entry
WOTD: fatal
adjective 1. causing or having the potential to cause death.This dangerous intersection has been the site of a number of fatal accidents.Her injuries proved to be fatal. 2. leading to misfortune, ruin,…