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WOTD: flagrant

Posted on March 27, 2020March 19, 2020 by Wordsmyth

flagrant adjective definition 1: exceptionally or glaringly noticeable.example: The audience tittered at the speaker’s flagrant slip of the tongue. definition 2: exceptionally bad; disgraceful; scandalous.examples: He could never return after his flagrant…

WOTD: blatant

Posted on March 26, 2020March 19, 2020 by Wordsmyth

blatant adjective definition 1: completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so.examples: The hostility between the two women was blatant. He resented their blatant attempt to win him over. His blatant adoration of…

WOTD: scathe

Posted on March 25, 2020March 19, 2020 by Wordsmyth

scathe transitive verb definition 1: to injure with criticism.examples: The writer scathed his contemporaries with his sardonic humor.The politician was so popular that no criticism from the press could scathe him. definition 2:…

WOTD: scintilla

Posted on March 24, 2020March 19, 2020 by Wordsmyth

scintilla noun definition: a tiny amount; trace.example: There was not a scintilla of truth in the rumor. See the full entry Note: “Scintilla” is usually used in negative constructions, as in “not…

WOTD: fantast

Posted on March 23, 2020February 17, 2020 by Wordsmyth

fantast noun definition: one given to fanciful, impractical dreams; visionary. See the full entry Quotation: “To come down to earth” is, in ordinary speech, to get to reality, to face the facts,…

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