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  1. 4 uur geleden

    Actual work is the last thing you should be doing on a Friday afternoon in late June.

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  2. 5 uur geleden

    How to pluralize pretty much anything:

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  3. 6 uur geleden

    You probably won't be surprised by any of the words on this list. Except maybe 'jamb.' That's a strange one.

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  4. 7 uur geleden

    'Tawdry' comes from 'St. Audrey's lace,' a kind of necklace once sold at the shrine of the (not particularly salacious) 7th-century saint Etheldreda.

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  5. 9 uur geleden

    'Aporia': an expression of real or pretended doubt or uncertainty for rhetorical effect

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    Though its root words lack an 'r' in the second syllable, the 'sherbert' spelling has existed since the word first entered English.

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  7. 12 uur geleden

    Quiescent Languid Soporific All of the above.

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  8. 14 uur geleden

    Good morning! Today's is 'tome'

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  9. 24 uur geleden

    Cat: "a domestic animal" Tree: "a thing well known" Dog: also "a domestic animal" Look, there are a lot of words and these things are written by humans.

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  10. 28 jun.

    Though a 'reckless' person might cause some kind of 'wreck,' there is no etymological connection between the words.

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  11. 28 jun.

    'Instinctive' and 'instinctual' mostly overlap in meaning and use, but 'instinctual' tends to be found more in science writing on evolutionary behaviors.

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  12. 28 jun.

    Memorize them now, look smart at the museum later.

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  13. 28 jun.

    In case you ever need it, a group of hermits is an 'observance.'

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  14. 28 jun.

    Good morning! Today's is 'ostensible'

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  15. 28 jun.

    In 13th-century religious texts, 'hypocrite' was spelled 'ypocrite' and referred to someone who pretends to be pious in order to deceive others.

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  16. 27 jun.

    'Flaunt': 👋 to display ostentatiously or impudently 'Flout': 💅 to treat with contemptuous disregard Also 'flaunt,' if you flout usage advice: to treat contemptuously

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  17. 27 jun.

    If you need one.

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  18. 27 jun.

    Nice words for bad people:

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  19. 27 jun.

    📈'Socialism' has been our top search since Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's primary win last night.

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  20. 27 jun.

    Slack is down. Chaos reigns. Play a game.

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