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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Zugzwang"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[zugzwang \TSOOK-tsvahng\ (noun) - A position where one is forced to make an undesirable move.

"Alan's company suddenly found itself in zugzwang, where every move it made worsened its position against an invisible opponent."

From German Zugzwang,...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-947120</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Cappuccino"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[cappuccino \kae-peh-CHI-no\ (noun) - Espresso coffee served with milk.

"Jeff was the sort who liked to start his day with cappuccino, though on 
the way to work, it was probably better to have a biscotto with it than 
'Death by Chocolate.'"
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-947204</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Hallucinate"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[hallucinate \heh-LU-seh-neyt\ (verb) - To be deceived by delusions as a 
result of mental illness or a narcotic; to suffer a wildly distorted dream 
of something nonexistent but perceived as real.

"Courtney hallucinates more boyfriends than she ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-946568</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "ratiocination"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ratiocination \rash-ee-ah-suh-NAY-shun; rash-ee-oh-\ (noun) - The process of reasoning.

"Such were the intensity of Henry's thought processes that one imagined that they could almost hear the ratiocination as it proceeded."

Ratiocination is from...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-944753</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/18/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "gubernatorial"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[gubernatorial \GOO-ber-nuh-TOR-ee-uhl\ (adjective) - Of or pertaining to a governor.

"Jed was convinced that the gubernatorial race was going to be as much of a snoozer as usual, and was surprised when the dirt one candidate threw at the other ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-944754</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "propitiate"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[propitiate \pro-PISH-ee-ayt\ (transitive verb) - To render favorably inclined; to appease; to conciliate (one offended).

"Azorka, a black house-dog, probably conscious of his guilt in barking for nothing and anxious to propitiate us, approached ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-944122</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "senescent"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[senescent \si-NES-uhnt\ (adjective) - Growing old; aging.

"The senescent director of the new WWII epic was described as being anything but by the stars of the movie, as he was wont to jump from boat to boat carrying the heavy camera himself do ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-944237</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "blackguard"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[blackguard \BLAG-uhrd\ (noun) - 1 : A rude or unscrupulous person; a scoundrel. 2 : A person who uses foul or abusive language.

(adjective) - 1 : Scurrilous; abusive; low; worthless; vicious; as, "blackguard language."

(transitive verb) - 1 : To...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-943587</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "indigence"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[indigence \IN-dih-juhn(t)s\ (noun) - A state of extreme poverty or destitution.

"Such was the band's indigence that all they could afford was 'loser's lunch', a meal which consisted of baloney on hand, as they could not afford even bread."

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-943092</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "iota"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[iota \eye-OH-tuh\ (noun) - 1 : The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to the English i. 2 : A very small quantity or degree; a jot; a bit.

"A brilliant negotiator, James had not  moderated his demands one iota in seven years."

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-942749</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Genuflection"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[genuflection \jen-yeh-FLEK-shehn\ (noun) - 1 : Bowing on one knee as a sign 
of respect; 2 :  kow-towing, groveling.

"Rathbone's genuflection around the president in the board room gets on 
everyone's nerves."
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-941765</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/11/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Tergiversate"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>tergiversate</b> <i>\tehr-GI-vehr-seyt\</i> (verb) - Abandon a cause or 
reverse one's position on something.

"When President Bush the Elder said 'Read my lips: no new taxes,' he 
later tergiversated on the issue."
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-941246</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Thersitical"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[thersitical \thur-SIT-i-kuhl\ (adjective) - Foulmouthed or scurrilous.

"Diana's group promoted decent behavior at the school's sporting events and 
specifically sought to ban thersitical cheers and jouncing the stands at 
basketball games."

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-940103</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Fletcherize"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fletcherize \FLECH-uh-ryz\ (verb tr., intr.) - To chew food thoroughly.

"Dinner table conversation came to a halt once the meal was served, as all were advocates of Horace's program and were wont to Fletcherize."

From the practice of chewing ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-938424</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/08/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Iniquity"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[iniquity \i-NIK-wi-tee\ (noun) - 1 : Gross immorality or injustice; wickedness. 2 : A grossly immoral act; a sin.

"Kenny detected an innate iniquity in the company, given that the top brass made in excess of millions of dollars while the hard-...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-938425</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Anile"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[anile \AN-yl, AY-nyl\ (adjective) - Of or like an old woman.

"Thirty-year-old Margaret was constantly cursing her prematurely anile bones, which kept her from doing many physical activites which she had previously taken great pleasure in."

From ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-938426</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "quibble"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[quibble \kwi-bl\  (verb) - To raise petty questions, to hesitate or argue over trivial issues, to cavil.

"Always one to quibble, Ivan would tend to cause club meetings to run hours longer than necessary while he debated petty minutiae that ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-937802</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/05/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Tommyrot"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[tommyrot /TOM-ee-rot/ (noun) - Nonsense; foolishness.

"While most in the neighborhood were convinced that the old Clancy place 
was haunted, Bigby was quick to dismiss such notions as utter tommyrot."
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-937246</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Pococurante"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[pococurante \po-ko-koo-RAN-tee, -kyoo-\ (adjective) - Indifferent, apathetic, nonchalant.

"James' only claim to fame was a single pococurante addition to the company's rules and regulations yet this, along with his esteemed name, was enough to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-936716</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Do We Call Food 'Grub'?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[

(Author's warning No. 1: If you're reading this column while eating
breakfast, you might want to move on to the comics page.)

Watching contestants on reality TV swallow fat, writhing yellow grubs
raises several icky entomological questions, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/thewordguy/s-4084177</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/29/2026</pubDate>
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