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Word for Today :

encumber

verb | in-KUM-ber

Definition

1 : weigh down, burden

2 : to impede or hamper the function or activity of : hinder

3 : to burden with a legal claim (such as a mortgage)

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Word for Today :

ruddy

adjective | RUDD-ee

Definition

1 : having a healthy reddish color

2 : red, reddish

3 : British — used as an intensive

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Word for Today :

foment

verb | FOH-ment

Definition : to promote the growth or development of : rouse, incite

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Word for Today :

verbiage

noun | VER-bee-ij

Definition

1 : a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content

2 : manner of expressing oneself in words : diction

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Word for Today :

purport

verb | per-PORT

Definition

1 : to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred); also : claim

2 : intend, purpose

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Word for Today :

Sisyphean

adjective | sis-uh-FEE-un

Definition : of, relating to, or suggestive of the labors of Sisyphus; specifically : requiring continual and often ineffective effort

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Word for Today :

cronyism

noun | KROH-nee-iz-um

Definition : partiality to cronies especially as evidenced in the appointment of political hangers-on to office without regard to their qualifications

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limpid

adjective | LIM-pid

Definition

1
a : marked by transparency : pellucid

b : clear and simple in style

2 : absolutely serene and untroubled

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Word for Today :

delve

verb | DELV

Definition

1 : to dig or labor with or as if with a spade

2
a : to make a careful or detailed search for information

b : to examine a subject in detail

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Word for Today :

fountainhead

noun | FOUN-tun-hed

Definition

1 : a spring that is the source of a stream

2 : principal source : origin