transitive verb to cause feelings of horror in; frighten, shock, or appall.The grisly accident horrified the witnesses.The memories of what he’d seen in the war horrified him. See the full entry
Word of the Day
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embody
transitive verb to visibly represent or personify; give tangible form to.The ambassador embodies our national virtues.Our actions should embody our ideals.His book about growing up in the 1950s embodies the spirit of…
Weekly Quiz
With the Wordsmyth Vocabulary Center activities, you can study the words of the week, play games with them, and assess your knowledge of their meanings with a quiz. Go to the Vocabulary…
restitution
noun the payment of money in order to compensate for damage, loss, or injury.After the fire in the building, the landlord was found negligent and was forced to make restitution to the…
pristine
adjective pure, fresh, or clean as new; unspoiled or unsullied.After months spent trekking in the pristine wilderness, the city seemed a noisy, crowded, polluted place.The used car had hardly any mileage on…