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WOTD:habitable

Posted on October 22, 2020September 25, 2020 by Wordsmyth

adjective capable of being lived in.Some areas of the desert have been reclaimed and are now habitable by humans.The building looked so unsafe that she wondered how it could even be habitable….

WOTD: quibble

Posted on October 21, 2020September 25, 2020 by Wordsmyth

noun an unimportant, petty, or trivial disagreement or objection.You may consider this a quibble, but I think the font you’re using is too small. intransitive verb to evade the truth of a…

WOTD: gentry

Posted on October 20, 2020September 25, 2020 by Wordsmyth

noun 1. people who come from families of high social standing.She’d grown up among the gentry and felt perfectly comfortable in the posh country club. 2. in England, members of the upper…

WOTD: rampant

Posted on October 19, 2020September 25, 2020 by Wordsmyth

adjective 1. unrestrained or uncontrollable; unbridled.The period was characterized by rampant corruption in city government.Vines are becoming rampant in the garden. 2. violent in nature or behavior; raging.a rampant storm 3. of…

Words of the Week

Posted on October 17, 2020October 21, 2020 by Wordsmyth

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…

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