KMaxwell's "Word Of The Day"

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  1. KMaxwell

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    Today's Word:

    prepossessing [pree-puh-zes-ing]

    1. that impresses favorably; engaging or attractive
     
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    Today's Word:

    indefatigable [in-di-fat-i-guh-buhl]

    1. incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
     
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    I hereby thank you for yet another word to add to the omnium-gatherum of fancy words that I call my thesaurus. ;)

    Also, I hereby suggest omnium-gatherum as a word of the day. :p
     
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    I'll see if I can find a word that means gathering, or collecting, but that sounds a lot more interesting.
     
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    Today's Word:

    agglomerate [uh-glom-uh-reyt]

    1. to collect or gather into a cluster or mass.
    2. gathered together into a cluster or mass.
    3. Botany. crowded into a dense cluster, but not cohering.
    4. a mass of things clustered together.
    5. rock composed of rounded or angular volcanic fragments.
     
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    A new word of the day has been decided!
     
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    Great to see you back at making our brains hurt once again!
     
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    Hurt? Knowledge never hurts... unless you are using the words wrong, and even then it's not a bad thing.
     
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    Fun word fact!

    Draconian (Dra-co-ni-an)
    Excessively harsh or severe

    This is guessed to be the origin of the name Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter.
     
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    It'll be interesting to see all of the various meanings of this word. It shall be today's word of the day.
     
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    Also fun word fact-

    Bandwagon (Band-wag-an)

    Doing something because someone else, or “everyone else”, is doing it

    (Unofficial Definiton)

    I jumped on the bandwagon by deciding to spend all my money on Yeezeys, like my friend did.
     
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    Today's word is in two parts!

    scintillate [sin-tl-eyt]

    1. to emit sparks.
    2. to sparkle; flash
    3. to twinkle, as the stars.
    4. Electronics.

    (of a spot of light or image on a radar display) to shift rapidly around a mean position.
    5. Physics.
    a.(of the amplitude, phase, or polarization of an electromagnetic wave) to fluctuate in a random manner.
    b. (of an energetic photon or particle) to produce a flash of light in a phosphor by striking it.

    scintillating [sin-tl-ey-ting]

    1. animated; vivacious; effervescent
    2. witty; brilliantly clever
     
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    cool my suggested word was used ^-^
     
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    Today's word:

    cumbersome
    [kuhm-ber-suh m]

    1. burdensome; troublesome.
    2. unwieldy; clumsy.
     
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    Today's Word:
    thankful
    [thangk-fuh l]

    1. feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
     
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    Today's Word:
    garrulous
    [gar-uh-luh s, gar-yuh-]

    1. excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.
    2. wordy or diffuse
     
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    3. For more examples, visit ECC chat from about 4 am to 8 am EST :p
    KMax, you have been hanging out in ECC chat in the early morning server hours way too much, haven't you? :D
     
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    Well... no, actually. I'm in bed by 3am EST, and never up before 10am. Guess this word choice was just a lucky pick.
     
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    Today's Word:
    moribund
    [mawr-uh-buhnd, mor-]

    1. in a dying state; near death.
    2. on the verge of extinction or termination.
    3. not progressing or advancing; stagnant
     
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    Today's Word:
    perpetual
    [per-pech-oo-uh l]

    adjective
    1. continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
    2. lasting an indefinitely long time: perpetual snow.
    3. continuing or continued without intermission or interruption; ceaseless: a perpetual stream of visitors all day.
    4. blooming almost continuously throughout the season or the year.

    noun
    5. a hybrid rose that is perpetual.
    6. a perennial plant.