| New Words for Today |
Degenerate (Noun, Verb, Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Noun |
1: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior |
pervert, deviant |
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Verb |
1: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" |
devolve, deteriorate |
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Adjective |
1: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" |
debauched, degraded, dissipated |
Discriminate (Verb, Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Verb |
1: recognize or perceive the difference 2: treat differently on the basis of sex or race 3: distinguish; "I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish" |
separate |
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Adjective |
1: marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions; "discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people" 2: noting distinctions with nicety; "a discriminating interior designer"; "a nice sense of color"; "a nice point in the argument" |
nice |
Creditable (Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Adjective |
1: worthy of often limited commendation; "the student's effort on the essay--though not outstanding--was creditable" |
Utilitarian (Noun, Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Noun |
1: someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility |
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Adjective |
1: having a useful function; "utilitarian steel tables" 2: having utility often to the exclusion of values; "plain utilitarian kitchenware" |
useful |
Inane (Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Adjective |
1: devoid of intelligence; "they laughed at his inane proposal" |
asinine |
thoughtful |
| Today's Word Challenges |
| Match Synonyms | Match Antonyms | |||||||||
| 1 | utilitarian | A | asinine | 1: | 1 | inane | A | thoughtful | 1: | |
| 2 | inane | B | useful | 2: | 2 | B | 2: | |||
| 3 | degenerate | C | dissipated | 3: | 3 | C | 3: | |||
| 4 | discriminate | D | separate | 4: | 4 | D | 4: | |||
| Match Definitions | ||||
| 1 | grow worse | A | utilitarian | 1: |
| 2 | worthy of often limited commendation | B | degenerate | 2: |
| 3 | devoid of intelligence | C | discriminate | 3: |
| 4 | recognize or perceive the difference | D | inane | 4: |
| 5 | having utility often to the exclusion of values | E | creditable | 5: |
| Crossword Challenge | |||||||||||
| 1 | Across:
Down: 1: devoid of intelligence(5) |
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| Interesting things about Engligh Language |
| How Many words are there in English Language? There is no single sensible answer to this question. It's impossible to count the number of words in English because it's not well defined, what counts as a "word" in the first place. Unlike French, German, Spanish and Italian languages, there is no Academy for English to define official accepted words or spellings. New words are coined and added regularly. 2nd Edition of Oxford English dictionary lists over 600,000 words. A 2010 joint study by Harvard and Google estimated English containing 1,022,000 words with around 8500 words being added every year. |
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