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#WordOfTheDay - HANGRY

1. ADJECTIVE
irritable as a result of feeling hungry

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#WordOfTheDay - SIESTA

1. NOUN
a rest or nap, usually taken in the early afternoon, as in hot countries

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#WordOfTheDay - DANDY

1. ADJECTIVE
If you say that something is dandy, you mean it is good or just right.

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#WordOfTheDay - SESQUIPEDALIAN

1. ADJECTIVE
tending to use very long words

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tending to use very long words” At the bottom of the image is the text “https://t.co/XxG1O9laEu | #WordyWednesdays”]

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#WordOfTheDay - DRAW

1. VERB
To draw something means to choose it or to be given it, as part of a competition, game, or lottery.

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#WordOfTheDay - AUSPICIOUS

1. ADJECTIVE
Something that is auspicious indicates that success is likely.

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#WordOfTheDay - GALUMPH

1. VERB
to leap or move about clumsily or joyfully

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#WordOfTheDay - SALTY

1. ADJECTIVE
bitter or resentful

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#WordOfTheDay - PERSIFLAGE

1. NOUN
light frivolous conversation, style, or treatment; friendly teasing

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#WordOfTheDay - CONTUMACIOUS

1. ADJECTIVE
stubbornly resistant to authority; wilfully obstinate

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#WordOfTheDay - MURMURATION

1. NOUN
a collective term for starlings

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#WordOfTheDay - GRIT

1. NOUN
If someone has grit, they have the determination and
courage to continue doing something even though it is very
difficult.

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courage to continue doing something even though it is very
difficult.” At the bottom of the image is the text “https://t.co/XxG1O9laEu | #MotivationMondays”]

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#WordOfTheDay - GAFFE

1. NOUN
a social blunder, esp a tactless remark

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#WordOfTheDay - SUNDER

1. VERB
to break or cause to break apart or in pieces

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#WordOfTheDay - AGLET

1. NOUN
a metal sheath or tag at the end of a shoelace,
ribbon, etc

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ribbon, etc" At the bottom of the image is the text “https://t.co/XxG1O9laEu | #WordyWednesdays]

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We had traitor as our Word of the Day at the start of the year so now we have faithful... which would you prefer to be?

#WordOfTheDay - FAITHFUL

1. ADJECTIVE
reliable or truthful

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#WordOfTheDay - CATALYST

1. NOUN
a person or thing that causes a change

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#WordOfTheDay - CAROUSE

1. VERB
to have a merry drinking spree; drink freely

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#WordOfTheDay - SNAZZY

1. ADJECTIVE
(esp of clothes) stylishly and often flashily attractive

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#WordOfTheDay - ÉCLAIRCISSEMENT

1. NOUN
an exposition or elucidation of something that is unclear

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