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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "clerisy"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[clerisy \KLER-i-see\ (noun) - The well-educated class; the literati; the intelligentsia.

"While Terry fancied himself one of the clerisy, his friends thought of him as nothing so much as a know-it-all and blowhard."

From German Klerisei (clergy)...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1032285</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Nonplus"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[nonplus \non-PLUS, NON-plus\ (verb tr.) - To put at a loss for what to do, 
think, or say; perplex. (noun) 0 -A state of perplexity or bewilderment.

"The Native-American Navajo Code Talkers used a code created with their 
native language to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1028305</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "temerarious"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[temerarious \tem-uh-RAIR-ee-uhs\ (adjective) - Recklessly or presumptuously daring; rash.

"I have confessed myself a temerarious theologian, and in that passage from boyhood to manhood I ranged widely in my search for some permanently satisfying ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1029248</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "small beer"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[small beer \small beer\ (noun) - 1 : Weak beer. 2 : Insignificant matters; something of little importance.

(adjective) - 1 : Unimportant; trivial.

"While Mary was concerned that they would be considered insignificant posers by the 'old money' in...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1028086</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Pernicious"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[pernicious \pur-NISH-uhs\ (adjective) - Causing great harm; deadly; wicked.

"After his visit to management's floor, Dave came to the conclusion that the bulk of them were the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1026744</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "humblebrag"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[humblebrag \HUM-behl-brag\ (verb) - A moniker for the false humility exhibited by celebrities and other people on Twitter, Facebook, or other forms of social media.

"It only took Franklin a day or two to realize that Lady Gaga's Twitter feed ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1026243</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "planking"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[planking \PLANG-king\ (verb) -1 : The activity of lying face down, arms to the side, in an unusual or incongruous location. Both hands must touch the sides of the body and having a photograph of the participant taken and posted on the Internet is ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1025757</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "supercommittee"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[supercommittee \SOO-per-kuh-mit-ee\ (noun) -1 : Colloquial term for Congress' Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, formed to forge bipartisan agreement around the debt-ceiling crisis. 2 : Sometimes used ironically; given the committee's ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1024152</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "clicktivism"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[clicktivism \KLIK-tih-vih-sihm\ (noun) - activism or charity enacted from the comfort of your home by clicking on a link on the Internet.

"The most retweeted tweet of 2011 was one in which Wendy's promised to send 50 cents to children in foster ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1024016</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "wedged"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[wedged \wedjed\ (verb) - The result of consuming excessive amounts of caffeine.

"After nearly falling asleep Paul was able to finish studying for the exam by getting wedged out on red-bull."

1990–95; robo(t) + call (in the sense ‘telephone ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1022638</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "robocall"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[robocall \ROH-boh-kawl\ (noun) - a telephone call placed to large numbers of people by a computerized device that automatically dials the telephone numbers and plays a recorded message: Many but not all robocalls are illegal.

"During campaign ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1022047</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/18/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "parkour"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[parkour \pahr-KOOR\ (noun) - The sport of moving along a route, typically in a city, trying to get around or through various obstacles in the quickest and most efficient manner possible, as by jumping, climbing, or running: his amazing parkour ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1021619</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "tweet"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[tweet \tweet\ (noun) - 1 : a weak chirping sound, as of a young or small bird. 2 : Digital Technology. a very short message posted on the Twitter Web site: the message may include text, keywords, mentions of specific users, links to Web sites, and...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1021126</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "bromance"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[bromance \BROH-mans\ (noun) - A close relationship or friendship between two men that does not involve sex.

"People teased Jason and Frank about their bromance but, really, they were jealous of their 20-plus-year friendship, dating back to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1019500</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "abulia"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[abulia \uh-BOO-lee-uh; uh-BYOO-\ (noun) - Loss or impairment of the ability to act or to make decisions.

"The frequency and intensity of Franklin's attacks of abulia corresponded directly with the significance and import of the decision he was ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1016881</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "taciturn"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[taciturn \TAS-uh-turn\ (adjective) - Habitually silent; not inclined to talk.

"A normally taciturn sort, Mike was surprisingly voluble that evening when the topic of public health care was brought up."

Taciturn comes from Latin taciturnus, from ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1015969</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Byzantine"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Byzantine \BIZ-en-teen, -tin, bi-ZAN-tin\ (adjective) - 1 : Of or relating to the ancient city of Byzantium. Of or relating to the Byzantine Empire. 2 : Of or belonging to the style of architecture developed from the fifth century A.D. in the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1016797</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "phillumenist"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[phillumenist \fuh-LOO-muh-nist\ (noun) - One who collects matchbooks or matchboxes.

"An avid phillumenist, Todd felt his collection posed no actual danger of fire as he had removed the matches from each and every one of his acquired collectibles....<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1015378</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/11/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Charrette"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[charrette \shuh-RET\ (noun) - 1 : A final intense effort to complete a design project. 2 : A preliminary meeting involving stakeholders (citizens, planners, designers, etc.) to brainstorm or to elicit input on a project.

"In spite of an all night...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-1015415</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/10/2026</pubDate>
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