noun a novel feature or offer with little purpose other than to attract people to a product.Getting a free desk calendar when you subscribe to the magazine is just a sales gimmick….
Week 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. Click here to go to the Vocabulary…
WOTD: fanatic
noun one who has excessive and uncritical zeal or devotion to a principle, cause, religion, leader, or the like.His views are extreme and he has only the support of a few fanatics.She’d…
right away vs. right now
Both of these expressions mean “immediately,“ but “right away” means “without delay” and tends to be used in situations where there is fear or worry, in situations where there is really not…
WOTD: rectify
transitive verb to put right or correct (a bad situation, injustice, or the like); remedy.She knew she’d made a bad decision and she hoped to rectify it. See the full entry