Indagate \IN-duh-gayt\
verb

Meaning :

: to search into : investigate

Example Sentence :

The defense attorneys requested an adjournment so that they could fully indagate the new evidence.

Word:
posse

Pronunciation:
\PAH-see\

POS:
nouc

Meanings:
1 : a large group often with a common interest

2 : a body of persons summoned by a sheriff to assist in preserving the public peace usually in an emergency

3 : a group of people temporarily organized to make a search (as for a lost child)

4 : one’s attendants or associates


Example sentence:
"On the Saturday morning we used to watch anxiously for the usual signs of activity and when we saw a large barrel of beer being escorted up the streets by a posse of small boys, we knew that all was well." (Edmund Barber, Country Life, October 12, 1951)



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Word:
palmary

Pronunciation:
\PAL-muh-ree\

POS:
adj

Meanings:
outstanding, best


Example sentence:
Louis Pasteur is best known for originating pasteurization, but he also made palmary contributions in the field of immunology, including finding a vaccination for anthrax.

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Word:
facetious

Pronunciation:
\fuh-SEE-shuss\

POS:
adjective

Meanings:
1 : joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish

2 : meant to be humorous or funny : not serious


Example sentence:
Gwen was being facetious when she used the word "classy" to describe Bill's brightly colored necktie.

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Word:
koine

Pronunciation:
\koy-NAY\

POS:
noun

Meanings:

1 : the Greek language commonly spoken and written in eastern Mediterranean countries in the Hellenistic and Roman periods

2 : a dialect or language of a region that has become the common or standard language of a larger area

Example sentence:
Koines inevitably developed in the early British colonies as different dialects converged.

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Word:
divulge

Pronunciation:
\duh-VULJ\

POS:
verb

Meanings:

to make known (as a confidence or secret)

Example sentence:
Sarah promised not to divulge the news of her friend's promotion until it was official.

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Word:
hypocorism

Pronunciation:
\hye-PAH-kuh-riz-um\

POS:
noun

Meanings:
1 : a pet name

2 : the use of pet names

Example sentence:
Darren started calling Sheila by her hypocorism, “Bubbles,” when they were juniors in high school.





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Word:
castigate

Pronunciation:
\KASS-tuh-gayt\

POS:
Verb

Meanings:
to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism


Example sentence:

Before sentencing, the judge angrily castigated the two young defendants for their malicious act of vandalism.

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Aggress \uh-GRESS\
verb

Meaning :

: to commit aggression : to act


Example Sentence :

Certain indicators, such as irritability, can indicate an animal's likelihood to aggress.

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PYRRHIC (ADJ) /pirrik/ -A VICTORY THAT HAS CAUSED HEAVY LOSSES TO THE WINNING SIDE

*ALTHOUGH THE KING WAS VICTORIOUS,YET IT WAS A PYRRHIC VICTORY.

* ORIGIN named after Pyrrhus, a king of Epirus whose victory over the Romans in 279 bc incurred heavy losses.

Shunpike \SHUN-pyke\
noun


Meaning :

: a side road used to avoid the toll on or the speed and traffic of a superhighway

Example Sentence :

When people request directions to our house, I ask them if they prefer to take the turnpike or the shunpike.

Lacuna \luh-KOO-nuh\
noun

Meaning :

*1 : a blank space or a missing part : gap
2 : a small cavity, pit, or discontinuity in an anatomical structure

Example Sentence :

The newly discovered Civil War documents filled many lacunae in the museum's archives.

Scofflaw \SKAHFF-law\
noun

Meaning :

: a contemptuous law violator

Example Sentence :

The governor’s office set up a database listing the names of scofflaws who hadn’t paid their traffic fines.

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Word:
exoteric

Pronunciation:
\ek-suh-TAIR-ik\

POS:
Adjective

Meanings:
1 : suitable to be imparted to the public

2 : belonging to the outer or less initiate circle

3 : external


Example sentence:
As specialist writing for a broader audience, Annette faces the challenge of producing an exoteric synthesis of complex information.



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Word:
muckrake

Pronunciation:
\MUCK-rayk\

POS:
verb

Meanings:
to search out and publicly expose real or apparent misconduct of a prominent individual or business


Example sentence:
Arn is an aggressive reporter, never afraid to ask difficult questions, hound evasive sources, or muckrake when things appear suspect.

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Word:

MACKLE
Noun

//MAKUL//

Meaning:
A printed impression that is blurred or doubled

Example:

I can’t identify who is in the picture because it is totally mackled.

Word:
EXALT
Verb

Pronounciation
ig'zolt

Meaning

1. Praise, glorify, or honor
2. Heighten or intensify
3. Raise in rank, character, or status

Examples:

These paintings exalt the imagination

Exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser

Word:
Manticore

Pronunciation:
\MAN-tih-kor\

POS:
noun

Meanings:

a legendary animal with the head of a man, the body of a lion, and the tail of a dragon or scorpion


Example sentence:
The book, a collection of fantastic tales, has on its cover a vivid illustration of a wild-eyed manticore chasing a hunter.



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Word:
Eldritch

Pronunciation:
\EL-dritch\

POS:
adjective

Meanings:
: weird, eerie


Example sentence:
Christina accompanied her ghost story by playing a recording filled with creaks, howls, and other eldritch sound effects.

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Superficies \soo-per-FISH-eez\
noun


Meaning :

1 : a surface of a body or a region of space
*2 : the external aspects or appearance of a thing

Example Sentence :

Although there have been changes in the superficies of our lives, many of the human dilemmas faced by our ancestors are still quite recognizable

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Tonk
Definition: to defeat; also, to strike or hit powerfully.

Little bit of information would to share about this word, proudly. Previously the name of the state was Mehmoodabad, after several set backs faced by the British forces to defeat the nawabs of jaipur,they tried so hard to trounce the nawabs,so it was named as Tonk by the farangis, and the word then introduced in the dictionary.

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