Friday, April 30, 2021

arboreal | Word of the Day

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adjective [ahr-bawr-ee-uhl, -bohr- ]
 
of or relating to trees; treelike.
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Thursday, April 29, 2021

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refractory | Word of the Day

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refractory
adjective [ri-frak-tuh-ree ]
 
hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient.
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