transitive verb 1. to avoid or evade by speed, skill, or trickery.The perpetrator of this crime has eluded the police for months now. 2. to escape from or remain outside of the…
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WOTD: lexicon
noun a dictionary or other inclusive listing of words.The anthropologist studied the remote tribe’s language and set out to compile a lexicon. the set of terms used by an individual, a particular…
WOTD: scald
transitive verb 1. to burn with or as if with a hot liquid or steam.She scalded her mouth on the hot tea. 2. to treat with, subject to, or cover with a…
WOTD: palette
noun 1. a thin, often oval board, usu. with a thumb hole, on which a painter holds and mixes colors. 2. the range of colors used in a particular painting or by…