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Correct the wrong answers and fill in the gaps with the words you hear and see in the video.

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This super short video lesson will help you to learn the word of the day, with its three common meanings, fast.

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Published 19/07/2021

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1. Correct the wrong word.

to touch somebody’s body part to make them cry

2. Correct the wrong word.

to have a slightly comfortable feeling in a body part

3. Correct the wrong word.

Oh, that tickling

4. Correct the wrong word.

to confuse or interest someone

5. Fill the gap.

But your mention of a photograph rathermy

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Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day

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Build your vocabulary with Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day! Each day a Merriam-Webster editor offers insight into a fascinating new word — explaining its meaning, current use, and little-known details about its origin.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day

17 hours ago

Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 14, 2023 is:

lackadaisical • lak-uh-DAY-zih-kul  • adjective

Something or someone described as lackadaisical is lacking in life, spirit, or zest.

// His teachers did not approve of his lackadaisical approach to homework.

See the entry >

Examples:

«A song like the lackadaisical ‘Funny in Dreams’ could scan as too facile—who’d have thought that strange things happen in our dreams!—but she [folk singer, Nicole Rodriguez] deftly uses it as an opportunity for vivid introspection.» — Rachel Saywitz, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2023

Did you know?

We’re too enthusiastic about the lexicon to be lackadaisical about words, but lackadaisical itself is rooted in the sort of sorrow that can put a damper on one’s passion for vocabulary expansion. When folks living from the late 17th to the late 19th century had one of those days when nothing goes right, they could cry «Lackaday!» to express their sorrow and disappointment as a shortened form of the expression «alack the day.» (Alack is an interjection used to express sorrow or regret.) By the mid-1700s, the adjective lackadaisical had been formed to describe these miserable ones and their doings and sayings. Around the same time, the word lackadaisy was introduced to the language as an interjection similar to lackaday; it was never as prevalent as lackaday, but it may have influenced the development of lackadaisical.

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Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 11, 2023 is:

oracular • aw-RAK-yuh-ler  • adjective

Oracular can describe something that is used to forecast or divine, or that resembles or relates to something used for such purposes. Oracular can also describe a person who resembles an oracle—a person (such as a priestess of ancient Greece) through whom a deity is believed to speak.

// The students admired the professor’s oracular wisdom.

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Examples:

«Salman Rushdie’s new novel, Victory City, purports to be the summary of a long-lost, 24,000-verse epic poem from 14th-century India. The hero and author of the poem is Pampa Kampana, who as a girl becomes the conduit for a goddess, channeling her oracular pronouncements and wielding her magical powers.» — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2023

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When the ancient Greeks had questions or problems, they would turn to the gods for answers by consulting an oracle, a person through whom the gods communicated, usually in the form of cryptic verse. (Oracle also referred to the god’s answer or to the shrine that worshippers approached when seeking advice; the word’s root is the Latin verb orare, which means «to speak.») English speakers today can use oracle to simply refer to an authoritative pronouncement or to a person who makes such pronouncements—for example, «a designer who is an oracle of fashion.» And the related adjective oracular is used in similar contexts: «a designer who is an oracular voice of fashion.»

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day

Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day

17 hours ago

Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 14, 2023 is:

lackadaisical • lak-uh-DAY-zih-kul  • adjective

Something or someone described as lackadaisical is lacking in life, spirit, or zest.

// His teachers did not approve of his lackadaisical approach to homework.

See the entry >

Examples:

«A song like the lackadaisical ‘Funny in Dreams’ could scan as too facile—who’d have thought that strange things happen in our dreams!—but she [folk singer, Nicole Rodriguez] deftly uses it as an opportunity for vivid introspection.» — Rachel Saywitz, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2023

Did you know?

We’re too enthusiastic about the lexicon to be lackadaisical about words, but lackadaisical itself is rooted in the sort of sorrow that can put a damper on one’s passion for vocabulary expansion. When folks living from the late 17th to the late 19th century had one of those days when nothing goes right, they could cry «Lackaday!» to express their sorrow and disappointment as a shortened form of the expression «alack the day.» (Alack is an interjection used to express sorrow or regret.) By the mid-1700s, the adjective lackadaisical had been formed to describe these miserable ones and their doings and sayings. Around the same time, the word lackadaisy was introduced to the language as an interjection similar to lackaday; it was never as prevalent as lackaday, but it may have influenced the development of lackadaisical.

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Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day

4 days ago

Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for April 10, 2023 is:

foible • FOY-bul  • noun

Foibles are minor flaws or shortcomings in character or behavior. In fencing, foible refers to the part of a sword’s blade between the middle and point, which is considered the weakest part.

// He was amused daily by the foibles of his eccentric neighbor.

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Examples:

«Films about important historical moments are often marked by a heavy solemnity, a sometimes suffocating respectfulness that can make one forget that these events involved real people, human beings with passions and foibles.» — Michael Ordoña, The Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023

Did you know?

Many word lovers agree that the pen is mightier than the sword. But be they honed in wit or form, even the sharpest tools in the shed have their flaws. That’s where foible comes in handy. Borrowed from French in the 1600s, the word originally referred to the weakest part of a fencing sword, that part being the portion between the middle and the pointed tip. The English foible soon came to be applied not only to weaknesses in blades but also to minor failings in character. The French source of foible is also at a remove from the fencing arena; the French foible means «weak,» and it comes from the same Old French term, feble, that gave us feeble.

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April 14, 2023

lacking life, spirit, or zest


April 13, 2023

to make or repair something with materials conveniently on hand


April 12, 2023

the area around or near a place


April 11, 2023

like an oracle in solemnity, or in having wise or divine insight


April 10, 2023

a minor flaw or shortcoming


April 09, 2023

showing or suggesting that future success is likely


April 08, 2023

to limit the size or amount of something


April 07, 2023

ambiguous or difficult to understand


April 06, 2023

a ceremonial dinner held on Passover


April 05, 2023

to divide into political units giving one group unfair advantage

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