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Word of the Day
doughty
DOW-tee (adjective)
Definition: marked by fearless resolution: valiant
Ex. When little Liza saw the bullies picking on one of the younger boys the doughty girl
marched up to them and demanded that they stop.
Ex. The doughty surgeon took a big deep breath as he entered the door to the surgery
room.
ruction
RUK-SHUN (noun)
Definition: Disturbance, uproar
Ex. The ruction outside the door prompted me to investigate what was going on.
Ex. The ruction woke me up and caused me to stomp down stairs.
finicky
FIN-ih-kee (adjective)
Definition: extremely or excessively particular or meticulous in taste or standards.
Ex. Pam found it challenging to come up with ideas for healthy meals that her young
son, a finicky eater would enjoy.
Ex. My sister is too finicky to eat the food at the local food court.
coruscate
KOR-uh-SKayt (verb)
Definition: to give off, or reflect light in bright beams or flashes: sparkle.
Ex. The astronomy students observed the stars coruscate through a high-powered
telescope.
Ex. The lady’s ring coruscates from far, far away in the sunlight.
climacteric
Kly-MAK-ter-ik (noun)
Definition: a major turning point or critical stage.
Ex. Many historians have tried to pinpoint the Roman Empire’s climacteric, that precise
moment when it began its long downhill slide.
Ex. As she use to be my enemy, a climacteric occurred in the next few years, which
made us bestfriends.

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obsequious
ob-SEE-kwee-us (adjective)
Definition: marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness.
Ex. The executive brought with her an entourage of obsequious assistants who would
do anything she asked of them.
Ex. As her very cruel sister is asking to give the crowd more drinks for the party, the
little girl is following her orders being a very obsequious servant.
widdershins
WID-er-shinz (adverb)
Definition: in a left-handed, wrong, or contrary direction: counter clockwise.
Ex. We turn right and walked the perimeter of the gardens before turning around and
walking it again widdershins.
Ex. The little boy ran two times around the track then went two more times again
widdershins.
importunate
im-POR-chuh-nut (adjective)
Definition: trouble somely urgent: overly, persistent in request or demand.
Ex. Slyvia was fed up with the importunate phone calls she continued to receive from
charities seeking donations.
Ex. I was positive that the importunate phone calls I made to the lady made her very
irritated.
patina
puh-TEE-nuh (noun)
Definition: a surface appearance of something grown beautiful, especially with age or
use.
Ex. The winery has been constructed and decorated to give it a patina of old-world
quaintness.
Ex. The saleslady wanted her silverware to look more like a patina so she would have
more sales.

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rupee
ROO-pee (noun)
Definition: a coin and monetary unit used in countries such as India, Nepal, Pakistan,
and Sri Lanka.
Ex. Six months after I returned from India, I found a lonely rupee wedged in the lining of
my purse.
Ex. A lady who decided to go to Pakistan, walked by boy asking for a rupee but instead
she came back and offered the boy lunch.
endearment
in-deer-ment (noun)
Definition: a word or act expressing affection
Ex. While my husband was serving in Afghanistan, I kept a letter filled with
endearments from him in my wallet.
Ex. I saw my grandma open a letter full of endearments and as she read it once more
tears unfolded from her eyes.