Word of the Day — Archive Page #506

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March 14, 2015
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What does sunrise mean?

dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow(noun)
the first light of day

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March 13, 2015
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What does oriental plane mean?

oriental plane, Platanus orientalis(noun)
large tree of southeastern Europe to Asia Minor

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March 12, 2015
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What does incomprehensible mean?

inexplicable, incomprehensible(adj)
incapable of being explained or accounted for

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March 11, 2015
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What does rolling mean?

peal, pealing, roll, rolling(noun)
a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)

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March 10, 2015
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What does ghost mean?

ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre(noun)
a mental representation of some haunting experience

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March 9, 2015
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What does unitisation mean?

unitization, unitisation, chunking(noun)
(psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units

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March 8, 2015
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What does apotheosize mean?

apotheosize, apotheosise, apotheose(verb)
deify or glorify

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