• Cohort

    n. A group or company

    Our analysis finds that smaller cohorts are associated with higher levels of student engagement.*

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    • June 29th
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  • Querulous

    adj. full of complaints; complaining or peevish

    The kids were querulous when they were told to stop watching the television.

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    • June 28th
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  • Doppelganger

    n. a ghostly double or apparition of a living person.

    Fred was haunted by a doppelganger of the poor man he beat earlier in his life.

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    • June 27th
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  • Dietetic

    adj. pertaining to diet or the regulation of the use of food

    My order of dietetic food arrived today.

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    • June 26th
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  • Mysophobia

    n. An abnormal fear of dirt or filth

    Mary was could not walk into the dirty attic because she is mysophobic.

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    • June 25th
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  • Xenogenic

    adj. To be completely different from either parent, or from the source of an object’s creation.

    Dr. Forssmann also believes that it was wrong to put a pig’s liver in a dying woman in Buenos Aires - presumably on the ground that hetero- grafts or xenogenic (i.e., interspecific) transplants are “unnatural.”*

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    • June 24th
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  • Verisimilitude

    n. the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability

    The movie, Transformers, lacks verisimilitude.

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    • June 23rd
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  • *Switching to the AM*

    I think it makes sense to be posting the word of the day in the morning rather than at night.

    • June 23rd

  • Acapella

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    - Noun

    1. To sing without any form of backing music.

    2. To sing without instrumental accompaniment, the piece may or may not be intended to be performed in this way. Some acappella singers also emulate instrumentation by reproducing the melody with their vocal cords.

    Lady Gaga recorded an acapella version of Born This Way.

    (Source: narcissa-de-lesque)

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    • June 22nd
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  • *Working on the Picture Thing*

    Not sure if you noticed but I have been editing my photo lately. Please let me know if you like it.

    • June 21st