Word of the Day, 5/31

165. collywobbles (n) - intense anxiety or nervousness, especially with stomach queasiness

Word of the Day, 5/26

164. dishearten (v) - to take away the enthusiasm of 

Word of the Day, 5/25

163. plethora (n) - an overabundance, an excessive amount or number

Word of the Day, 5/24

162. callow (adj) - immature, lacking sophistication

Word of the Day, 5/23

161. complaisant (adj) - agreeable or trying to please

Word of the Day, 5/20

160. digress (v) - to stray from the main subject

Word of the Day, 5/19

159. cathartic (adj) - cleansing

Word of the Day, 5/18

158. anachronism (n) - something out of its proper time

Word of the Day, 5/13

157. nurture (v) - to feed or bring up

Word of the Day, 5/12

156. parsimony (n) - stinginess, the quality of not wanting to spend money

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Preposition Review

Word of the Day, 5/9

155. garrulous (adj) - talkative

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Word of the Day, 5/6

154. rebuke (v) - to blame or call someone out

Word of the Day, 5/5

153. nefarious (adj) - extremely wicked

Word of the Day, 5/4

152. corpulent (adj) - fat

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Text Features Review

Word of the Day, 5/3

151. chaff (n) - worthless matter

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Text Structure Review

Word of the Day, 5/2

150. ameliorate (v) - to improve or make better