adjective offering benefit, gain, or profit. Having experience in that particular area put her in an advantageous position.Fluency in another language can be advantageous in the job market.The hotel’s being near the…
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WOTD: integrity
noun 1. a strong sense of honesty and morality; firmness of moral and ethical character. He showed great integrity when he refused to lie for his employer. 2. the condition of being whole…
Words of the Week
Here are the words of the day for the past week. With the Wordsmyth Vocabulary Center activities, you can study these words, play games with them, and assess your knowledge of their…
WOTD: defile
transitive verb 1. to make unclean, foul, or filthy.The food pantry was defiled by rats. 2. to destroy the perfection or purity of.Clusters of billboards defiled the pristine landscape. 3. to dishonor…
Progress update on WOTY 2020
The Wordsmyth educational mission is to foster awareness of how words work in communication, and our WOTY nominations this year have drawn attention to the way words work in society. This has…