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[4me2c]

Word for Today :

emblem

noun | EM-blum

Definition

1 : a picture with a motto or set of verses intended as a moral lesson

2 : an object or the figure of an object symbolizing and suggesting another object or an idea

3
a : a symbolic object used as a heraldic device

b : a device, symbol, or figure adopted and used as an identifying mark

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Word for Today :

appellation

noun | ap-uh-LAY-shun

Definition

1 : an identifying name or title : designation

2 : a geographical name (as of a region, village, or vineyard) under which a winegrower is authorized to identify and market wine

3
archaic : the act of calling by a name

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Word for Today :

gratuitous

adjective | gruh-TOO-uh-tuss

Definition

1 : not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted

2
a : given unearned or without recompense

b : costing nothing : free

c : law : not involving a return benefit, compensation, or consideration

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Word for Today :

politesse

noun | pah-lih-TESS

Definition : formal politeness : decorousness

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Word for Today :

collimate

verb | KAH-luh-mayt

Definition : to make parallel

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Word for Today :

lorn

adjective | LORN

Definition : left alone and forlorn : desolate, forsaken

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Word for Today :

quintessence

noun | kwin-TESS-unss

Definition

1 : the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies

2 : the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form

3 : the most typical example or representative

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Word for Today :

truckle

verb | TRUK-ul

Definition : to act in a subservient manner : submit

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Word for Today :

verboten

adjective | ver-BOH-tun

Definition : forbidden; especially : prohibited by dictate

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Word for Today :

decoupage

noun | day-koo-PAHZH

Definition

1 : the art of decorating surfaces by applying cutouts (as of paper) and then coating with usually several layers of finish (such as lacquer or varnish)

2 : work produced by such art