Vocabulary Practice: Atavism
Meaning: A tendency to revert to something ancient or ancestral

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Vocabulary Practice: Bemoan
Meaning: Express discontent or sorrow over (something)

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Word of the day

Word of the day

tribulation • \trib-yuh-LAY-shun\  • noun

Tribulation, which is often used in the phrase "trials and tribulations," refers to a trying experience. It can also mean "unhappiness, pain, or suffering."

// The young, ambitious chef knew of trials and tribulations of opening a new restaurant, but he was ready for the undertaking.

// Her son's illness has been a source of great tribulation.

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Some of the closest synonyms for appalled are dismayed and disgusted.

Dismayed implies a sense of sadness or disappointment about something that has happened. Appalled implies not sadness but extreme distaste or disgust, and the same thing is implied by disgusted.

Appalled also often implies a sense of shock or surprise.

In fact, appalled is often used alongside the word shocked, as in We were shocked and appalled.

Shocked implies extreme surprise, but it can be positive or negative. Appalled is always negative—it’s a combination of surprise (about how bad something is) and outrage.

Word of the day: Perspicacious

adjective that means "shrewd" and "wise."

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Here's a practical usage of the word chicanery:
"As the walls begin to close in on them, she nonetheless claims ignorance of his financial chicanery."
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Chicanery - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

This word was used in a New York Times article https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-eyes-of-tammy-faye-reviewed-a-defanged-tale-of-religion-politics-sex-and-money

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