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Word of the day...
pastoral
(adjective, noun) [PAS-tahr-ahl, pa-STOR-ahl]
adjective
1. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; ‘pastoral land’: “A livestock virus could devastate our pastoral economy.”
2. relating to the country or to rural life; rural; ‘pastoral living’
3. relating to or being a literary or other artistic work that evokes...
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inestimable
(adjective) [in-ES-tah-mah-bahl]
1. impossible to compute; incalculable; ‘inestimable damage’
2. of immeasurable value; invaluable: “The museum kept an inestimable classics collection in a secured viewing area of the basement.”
adverb form: inestimably
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spendthrift
(noun, adjective) [SPEND-thrift’]
noun
1. someone who spends money recklessly or extravagantly: “Such a spendthrift cannot be trusted to come home with his earnings on payday.”
adjective
2. tending to spend money recklessly or extravagantly; wasteful; ‘spendthrift bureaucrats’
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gargantuan \gahr-GAN-choo-uhn, adjective: enormous; gigantic; huge
Used in a sentence: “Man, these killer robots attacking the city are gargantuan!”
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metamorphosis
(noun) [met’-ah-MOR-fah-sis]
1. a complete change of physical form or substance, as by magic or witchcraft: “The metamorphosis was so complete that my closest friends barely recognized me.”
2. a striking change in appearance, character, or circumstances; ‘the metamorphosis of the old house into something new and exciting’
3. (as in biology) a change...
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oscillate
(intransitive verb) [OS-ah-layt’]
1. to move or swing from side to side regularly: “The car drifted to a slow stop as the gas gauge needle oscillated momentarily and dropped past the E.”
2. to waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; vacillate; to be undecided about something: “He oscillates between accepting the new position and...
“Transfiguration is some of the most complex and dangerous magic you will learn at Hogwarts. Anyone messing around in my class will leave and not come back. You have been warned.” —Professor McGonagall
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transfigure
(transitive verb) [trans-FIG-yahr]
1. to transform the outward appearance of: “The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman.”
2. to glorify or exalt
noun form: transfigurement
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vestibule
(noun) [VES-tah-byool’]
1. a passage, hall, or room between the outer door and the interior of a building: “The cold wind howled through the beautiful but decaying vestibule.”
2. an enclosed area at the entrance of a passenger car on a railroad train
3. (as in anatomy) any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina)