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Excogitate (verb) ex-coj-it-ayt Think out, plan, or devise. Early 16th century: from Latin excogitat- ‘found…

Fuliginous (adj) fool-ij-in-us (literary) Sooty; Dusky Late 16th century (originally describing a vapour as ‘thick…

Connive (verb) kon-aiv Secretly allow (something immoral, illegal, or harmful) to occur. Conspire to do…

Dissonance (noun) dis-o-nans Lack of harmony among musical notes. Lack of agreement or harmony between…

Winnow (verb) win-oh Blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the…

Folksonomy (noun) fouk-son-om-ee A user-generated system of classifying and organizing online content into different categories…

Wan (adj) won Pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion. Lacking in enthusiasm…

Contrite (adj) kon-try-t Feeling or expressing remorse at the recognition that one has done wrong.…