intransitive verb to stray from the main topic; ramble.The students sometimes find the professor more interesting when he digresses into telling one of his stories. See the full entry
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WOTD: jeer
intransitive verb to remark in a loud, mocking, abusive manner.The strikers jeered at the company’s representative. transitive verb to mock or deride loudly.The crowd jeered his every attempt at conciliation. noun the…
WOTD: latter
adjective the second of two mentioned.I like the taste of both red wine and white wine, but the latter makes me sleepy.Now that I’ve heard both of them again, I’m sure I…
WOTD: invaluable
adjective having value too great to estimate or measure; priceless.I thanked him for his invaluable advice.This ring given to me by my grandmother is invaluable to me. See the full entry