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# Word for the Day

A word for sights that capture your interest because of their beauty.   fetching   To be fetching is to be attractive and beautiful. A fetching woman catches people’s interest.   When a dog fetches something, he grabs it, just like attractive sights take your interest. Fetching is a word for sights that capture your interest because of their beauty. Usually, this…

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# Word for the Day

A long word for describing a tiny thing scintilla   It might take more than a scintilla of English vocabulary knowledge to know that scintilla means a tiny bit of something.   It comes sandwiched between the words a and of in phrases like “a scintilla of doubt” or “not a single scintilla of evidence.” If you’re uncertain of the pronunciation, remember: it rhymes with chinchilla and the c is silent,…

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# Word for the Day

  A person’s actions if they are evil or wicked…. nefarious   Batman and Superman are always fighting evildoers and stopping their nefarious plots.   Nefarious comes from the Latin nefas “crime, impiety.” If something is nefarious, it is criminal, evil, malicious and wicked. Thinking of superheroes can help you remember the meaning of the word, but it is often used…

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