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September 13, 2024
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What does satirist mean?

satirist, ironist, ridiculer(noun)
a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm

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September 12, 2024
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What does incinerate mean?

incinerate(verb)
become reduced to ashes

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September 11, 2024
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What does fatalistic mean?

fatalist, fatalistic(adj)
of or relating to fatalism

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September 10, 2024
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What does cuneiform mean?

cuneiform(adj)
an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia

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September 9, 2024
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What does hobnob mean?

hobnob(verb)
rub elbows with

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September 8, 2024
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What does frabjous mean?

frabjous(Adjective)
A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky meaning "fabulous and joyous".

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September 7, 2024
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What does timbre mean?

timbre, timber, quality, tone(noun)
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)

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