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The Good Oil Word of the Day

The Good Oil Word of the Day

The word for today is… vitiate (verb): 1: to make faulty or defective : impair 2: to debase in moral or aesthetic status 3: to make ineffective Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Vitiate comes ultimately from the Latin noun vitium, which refers to a fault, vice, shortcoming, or impediment to success or

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The Good Oil Word of the Day

The Good Oil Word of the Day

The word for today is… fusty (adjective): 1 British : impaired by age or dampness : mouldy 2: saturated with dust and stale odors : musty 3: rigidly old-fashioned or reactionary Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Evidence suggests that fusty comes from the Middle English noun foist, meaning “wine cask,” which in turn traces

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The Good Oil Word of the Day

The Good Oil Word of the Day

The word for today is… reify (verb): : to consider or represent (something abstract) as a material or concrete thing : to give definite content and form to (a concept or idea) Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Reify is a word that attempts to provide a bridge between what is abstract and what

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The Good Oil Word of the Day

The Good Oil Word of the Day

The word for today is… extemporaneous (adjective): 1a(1): composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu (2): carefully prepared but delivered without notes or text b: skilled at or given to extemporaneous utterance c: happening suddenly and often unexpectedly and usually without clearly known causes or

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The Good Oil Word of the Day

The Good Oil Word of the Day

The word for today is… midriff (noun): 1: the mid-region of the human torso : midsection 2a: a section of a garment that covers the midriff b: a garment that exposes the midriff 3: diaphragm - sense 1 Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The “mid-torso” sense of midriff is relatively young, having

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The Good Oil Word of the Day

The Good Oil Word of the Day

The word for today is… The word for today is... impeccable (adjective): 1: free from fault or blame : flawless 2: not capable of sinning or liable to sin Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The word impeccable has been used in English since the 16th century. It comes from the Latin word

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