Word of the Day!

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• Word of the Day!
• Jan. 17 Jan. 26

All the terms for this session of Word of the Day
come from the novel The Maze Runner.
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• Word of the Day!

Embedded in the center of the hedge maze, was the
prize for which the contestants were searching..
To enclose closely in, or, as if in a matrix.
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horrific

• Word of the Day!

The scene in the movie was so horrific, the
viewers had to cover their eyes.
Having the power to shock or disgust.
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litany

• Word of the Day!

As the army retreated, a litany of voices in
Tahir Square shouted Ali Aqbar.
A repetitive chant, as of cheering phrases a
lengthy recitation of complaints.
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pretense

• Word of the Day!

As the judge lectured the defendant about the
error of his ways, the accused made a pretense of
listening.
A claim made or implied, especially one not
supported by fact, a fiction rather than a real
purpose.
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stealth

• Word of the Day!

A foreign government has been using stealth to
eliminate nuclear physicists in Iran.
The act of proceeding secretly being unobtrusive.
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spew

• Word of the Day!

When Mt. Vesuvius erupted, it spewed ash lava,
burying the city of Pompeii.
To gush or pour out.
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convulse

• Word of the Day!

Participants in the Peachtree Road Race often
find their muscles convulsing when they reach the
top of heart attack hill.
To cause to suffer violent, spasmodic
contractions of the muscles.
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inexplicable

• Word of the Day!

The existence of black holes, and what happens to
the matter which is sucked into them, is
inexplicable.
Not capable of being explained.
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