veritable
\VER-ih-tuh-bul\ , adjective;
Agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; real; true; genuine
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Word of day # 3
Posted in Word of the Day, tagged actual, adjective, agreeable, dictionary, english, fact, genuine, language, learn, real, truth, veritable, vocabulary on January 23, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Word of the Day # 2
Posted in Word of the Day, tagged adjective, apposite, appropriateness, day, dictionary, english, language, relevance, word, Word of the Day on January 17, 2010| Leave a Comment »
apposite
\AP-uh-zit\ , adjective;
1.Being of striking appropriateness and relevance; very applicable; apt.
Word of the day # 1
Posted in Word of the Day, tagged compensate, counteract, countervail, day, dictionary, english, intransitive verb, language, of, offset, the, transitive verb, word, Word of the Day on January 16, 2010| Leave a Comment »
countervail
\kown-tur-VAYL\ , transitive verb;
1.To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to counteract.
2. To compensate for; to offset; to furnish or serve as an equivalent to.
intransitive verb:
1.To exert force against an opposing, often bad, influence or power.
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