noun written or spoken words that are unintelligible, needlessly obscure, or without coherent meaning.The letter appeared to contain nothing but gibberish until they discovered it was written in code. See the full…
Word of the Year 2022
Thanks to many users’ participation, we have chosen the Word of the Year for 2022. emerge When I think of this year, I think of one word. Emerge. We started off the…
Word Parts IV: Basic prefixes
A prefix is a word part that attaches to the front of a root or to an existing word to create a new word. The prefix “micro,” for example, attached before the…
Weekly Quiz
With the Wordsmyth Vocabulary Center activities, you can study these words, play games with them, and assess your knowledge of their meanings with a quiz. Go to the Vocabulary Center, the words…
veer
intransitive verb to turn aside or away from a particular course; change direction; swerve.The car veered to the right to avoid hitting the deer.She veered from the subject of politics as she…