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Posted on August 27, 2022July 15, 2022 by Wordsmyth

With the Wordsmyth Vocabulary Center activities, you can study these words, play games with them, and assess your knowledge of their meanings with a quiz. Click here to go to the Vocabulary…

WOTD: fanatic

Posted on August 26, 2022August 18, 2022 by Wordsmyth

noun one who has excessive and uncritical zeal or devotion to a principle, cause, religion, leader, or the like.His views are extreme and he has only the support of a few fanatics.She’d…

WOTD: rectify

Posted on August 25, 2022September 14, 2022 by Wordsmyth

transitive verb to put right or correct (a bad situation, injustice, or the like); remedy.She knew she’d made a bad decision and she hoped to rectify it. See the full entry

WOTD: agile

Posted on August 24, 2022August 18, 2022 by Wordsmyth

adjective quick and graceful in physical movement; nimble.Gymnasts need to be very agile. See the full entry

WOTD: simultaneous

Posted on August 23, 2022August 18, 2022 by Wordsmyth

adjective existing, occurring, or done at the same general time or at the same moment.The good news was met with simultaneous sighs of relief around the room.The sound of the gunshot and…

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