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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Trampoline"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Trampoline \TRAEM-peh-leen\ (noun) - A unit of athletic equipment 
comprising a piece of resilient cloth or netting stretched across a frame 
and used for acrobatic jumping and tumbling.

"If you go to work for the company that Dennis works for, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-963695</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "bedaub"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[bedaub \bih-DOB\ (transitive verb) - 1 : To smudge over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty. 2 : To overdecorate; to ornament showily or excessively.

"Am I, your kinsman and benefactor, a fit person to be juggled out of my ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-963088</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Generic"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[generic \juh-NEHR-ik\ (adjective) - 1 : Of or pertaining to a genus. 2 : Sold without a brand name. 3 : Relating to a whole group or class.

"In an effort to save money, Lois even started buying generic toilet paper that felt like sandpaper on her...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-962537</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Turdiform"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[turdiform \TEHR-deh-form\ (adjective) - Having the shape of a thrush.

"I'm not sure of the name of this turdiform little flyer is but I'm sure 
you will agree that it is a delight to the eye."
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-962131</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/11/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "indolent"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[indolent \IN-duh-lehnt\ (adjective) - 1 : Disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy. Conducive to inactivity or laziness; lethargic. 2 : Causing little or no pain. Slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive.

"For the indolent body there are ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-961082</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "salmagundi"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[salmagundi \sal-muh-GUHN-dee\ (noun) - 1 : A salad plate usually consisting of chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, and onions, served with oil and vinegar. 2 : Any mixture or assortment; a medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.

"While the movie purported ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-960449</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "hortatory"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[hortatory \HOR-tuh-tor-ee\ (adjective) - Marked by strong urging; serving to encourage or incite; as, "a hortatory speech."

"Giles later gave up the position in the conviction that he could reach thousands with his beguiling pen while only ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-959802</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/08/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Remonstrant"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>remonstrant</b> <i>\reh-MAHN-strehnt\</i> (adjective) - In a state of 
vigorously objecting to, earnestly aggrieved by or opposed to something.

"The remonstrant set of Russel's jaw convinced Andre that she could never 
persuade him to give her...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-959142</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "vituperate"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[vituperate \vy-TOO-puh-rate, -TYOO-, vi-\ (verb) - To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.

"The incensed priests...continued to raise their voices, vituperating each other in bad ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-957961</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "chortle"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[chortle \CHOR-tl\ (transitive and intransitive verb) - To utter, or express with, a snorting, exultant laugh or chuckle.

(noun) - A snorting, exultant laugh or chuckle.

"Kip punctuated each of his sarcastic remarks with his customary, derisive ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-957484</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/05/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "faineant"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[faineant \fay-nay-AWN\ (adjective) - 1 : Doing nothing or given to doing nothing; idle; lazy.

(noun) - 1 : A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard.

"A faineant government is not the worst government that England can have. It has been the great ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-956785</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Bort"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[bort \bort\ (noun) - Poor-quality diamond, or diamond fragment, used as an industrial abrasive, as in grinding wheel.

"James was so notoriously cheap that Theresa wasn't at all surprised to discover that her supposedly 'high-quality' engangement ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-956201</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "tittle-tattle"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[tittle-tattle \TIT-uhl TAT-uhl\ (noun) - 1 : Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle. 2 : An idle, trifling talker; a gossip.

(verb) - 1 : to talk idly; to prate.

"Both were in their seventies, and like two old parrots they told, in identical words, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-955589</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "auscultation"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[auscultation \o-skuhl-TAY-shuhn\ (noun) - 1 : The act of listening. 2 : The act of listening for sounds made by internal organs, as the heart and lungs, to aid in the diagnosis of certain disorders.

"After Tess's doctor performed chest ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-955006</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/01/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "grok"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[grok \GRAWK\ (transitive verb slang) - To understand, especially in a profound and intimate way. Slang.

'"Even if you explain it in short words I'm not going to grok it, okay?" Benjamin frowned the uncomprehending frown of someone whose learning ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-954403</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/31/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "prink"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[prink \PRINGK\ (transitive verb) - To dress up; to deck for show.

(intransitive verb) - To dress or arrange oneself for show; to primp.

"Richard and Peg's back room held an excellent double bed with thick linen curtains drawn about it from rails...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-953949</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Newel"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[newel \NOO-el, NYOO-\ (noun) - 1 : A center column that supports the steps of a spiral staircase. 2 : A post supporting the handrail of a staircase.

"Midway through the stair project Larry appeared with a solid pine stair newel, stripped and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-952920</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "arcanum"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[arcanum \ar-KAY-nuhm\ (noun) plural arcana \-nuh\ - 1 : A secret; a mystery. 2 : Specialized or mysterious knowledge, language, or information that is not accessible to the average person (generally used in the plural).

"Millford was gifted in ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-952066</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Useful Conjunction, Albeit an Old One]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[

Frank Resnick of New Britain, Conn., writes, "Can the antique-sounding
conjunction 'albeit' still be used?"

You betcha'! I'm happy to report that "albeit," despite its advanced
age, is still alive and kicking.

"Albeit" emerged during the 1300s...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/thewordguy/s-4212497</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "clamber"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[clamber \KLAM-buhr; KLAM-uhr\ (intransitive verb) - To climb with difficulty, or on all fours; to scramble.

(noun) - The act of clambering.

"See them clamber, these quick monkeys! They clamber away, one atop the other, and so drag themselves ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-951471</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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