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health care 10/26/2016 Definition of the Day

health care - #social #insurance for the #ill and #injured #LetsGetWordy #dailydef #healthcare

dais 10/25/2016 Definition of the Day

dais - #platform raised above the surrounding #level to give #prominence to the #person on it #LetsGetWordy #dailydef #dais

elite 10/24/2016 Definition of the Day

elite - #group or #class of #persons enjoying #superior #intellectual or #social or #economic #status #LetsGetWordy #dailydef #elite

grimoire 10/23/2016 Definition of the Day

grimoire - a #manual of #blackmagic (for #invoking #spirits and #demons ) #LetsGetWordy #dailydef #grimoire

switch 10/22/2016 Definition of the Day

switch - an #event in which #one #thing is #substituted for #another #LetsGetWordy #dailydef #switch

formaldehyde 10/21/2016 Definition of the Day

formaldehyde - #colorless #poisonous #gas ; made by the #oxidation of #methanol #LetsGetWordy #dailydef #formaldehyde

suspense 10/20/2016 Definition of the Day

suspense - #excited #anticipation of an #approaching #climax #LetsGetWordy #dailydef #suspense

clemency 10/19/2016 Definition of the Day

clemency - #leniency #toward offenders by a #person or #agency charged w/ #administering #justice #LetsGetWordy #dailydef #clemency

quid pro quo 10/18/2016 Definition of the Day

quid pro quo - that which a party received / promised in return for something he/she does or promises #LetsGetWordy #dailydef #QuidProQuo

rig 10/17/2016 Definition of the Day

rig - #arrange the #outcome of by means of #deceit #LetsGetWordy #dailydef #rig

distraction 10/16/2016 Definition of the Day

distraction - #entertainment that provokes pleased interest & distracts from #worries and #vexations #LetsGetWordy #dailydef #distraction

unperson 10/15/2016 Definition of the Day

unperson - #person whose existence is #systematically ignored (for #ideological or #political reasons) #LetsGetWordy #dailydef #unperson

sinew 10/14/2016 Definition of the Day

sinew - #cord or #band of #inelastic #tissue connecting a #muscle with its #bony #attachment #LetsGetWordy #dailydef #sinew

corruption 10/13/2016 Definition of the Day

corruption - use of a #position of #trust for #dishonest #gain #LetsGetWordy #dailydef #corruption

reticent 10/12/2016 Definition of the Day

reticent - #temperamentally #disinclined to #talk #LetsGetWordy #dailydef #reticent

gentrify 10/11/2016 Definition of the Day

gentrify - #renovate so as to make it #conform to #middleclass #aspirations #LetsGetWordy #dailydef #gentrify

indigenous 10/10/2016 Definition of the Day

indigenous - #originating where it is #found #LetsGetWordy #dailydef #indigenous

vulgar 10/09/2016 Definition of the Day

vulgar - #lacking #refinement or #cultivation or #taste #LetsGetWordy #dailydef #vulgar

float 10/08/2016 Definition of the Day

float - the #time #interval between the #deposit of a #check in a #bank and its #payment #LetsGetWordy #dailydef #float

acumen 10/07/2016 Definition of the Day

acumen - #shrewdness shown by #keen #insight #LetsGetWordy #dailydef #acumen