transitive verb to leave (someone or something) with no intention of returning or taking up possession again.They abandoned the old car in the ditch.He abandoned his family and moved far away. noun…
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WOTD: opulence
noun the condition of being luxuriant and costly.The opulence of the manor houses contrasted sharply with the lowly dwellings of the poor. See the full entry
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WOTD: vouch
intransitive verb to affirm or certify someone or something to be true, truthful, genuine, or correct (usu. fol. by “for”).The witness vouched for the defendant’s good character.I’m willing to vouch for him…
WOTD: redundant
adjective unnecessarily repetitive.To say that someone is “extremely ecstatic” seems redundant in that “ecstatic” already includes the idea of extremeness. See the full entry