Word of the Day — Archive Page #57

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October 18, 2023
59%    41%    #40 votes

What does instruction mean?

direction, instruction(noun)
a message describing how something is to be done

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October 17, 2023
78%    22%    #68 votes

What does literal mean?

misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error, literal(adj)
a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind

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October 16, 2023
72%    28%    #61 votes

What does stylus mean?

stylus(noun)
a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player

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October 15, 2023
61%    39%    #46 votes

What does deputy mean?

deputy, deputy sheriff(noun)
someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies

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October 14, 2023
66%    34%    #57 votes

What does ornithology mean?

ornithology(noun)
the branch of zoology that studies birds

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October 13, 2023
60%    40%    #72 votes

What does genome mean?

genome(noun)
the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism

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October 12, 2023
65%    35%    #94 votes

What does casuistry mean?

casuistry(noun)
argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading

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