noun courage or boldness, often accompanied by a degree of recklessness or arrogance; daring.It required a certain amount of audacity to accuse the committee of bias in making their decision.Her audacity in…
WOTD: gingerly
adverb in a careful or cautious manner; warily.She wrapped tissue paper around the delicate vase and placed it gingerly in the box.The cat pawed the large beetle gingerly.She very gingerly brought up…
WOTD: perjury
noun the intentional giving of false testimony under oath in a court or other official proceeding.He decided he would commit perjury rather than reveal the truth about what he’d seen. See the…
WOTD: digress
intransitive verb to stray from the main topic; ramble.The students sometimes find the professor more interesting when he digresses into telling one of his stories. See the full entry
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