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Word of the Day: quondam Meaning: former, sometime Usage: Many people were surprised to learn that the quondam poet and professor had since become an accountant.
Word of the Day: peruse Meaning: to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study Usage: Dmitri perused the menu while we waited for a table.
Word of the Day: obverse Meaning: the side of a coin or currency note bearing the chief device and lettering; broadly : a front or principal surface Usage: The artist credited with inventing the modern commemorative medal, 15th-century Italian painter Antonio Pisano, made his medals following a design formula still used today: an obverse graced with a profile portrait and a reverse adorned with an allegorical or pictorial scene.
Word of the Day: ersatz Meaning: being a usually artificial and inferior substitute or imitation Usage: .If I'm going to eat ice cream, I want the real thing, not some non-fat ersatz version of it.
Word of the Day: contiguous Meaning: being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point Usage: At 14,494 feet, Mount Whitney, in California's Sierra Nevada range, is the highest peak in the 48 contiguous states of the U.S.
Word of the Day: cannibalize Meaning:to take salvageable parts from (as a disabled machine) for use in building or repairing another machine Usage: The company is risking cannibalizing sales of its flagship truck with this impressive—and less expensive—new model.
Word of the Day: jog trot Meaning:a horse's slow measured trot Usage: The weekly Friday-night dances provided the townsfolk with a few hours of respite from the jog trot of life