EDITOR@WORK: lugubrious

WORDS FOUND RECENTLY

Bevvy: an alcoholic drink.

Censorious: severely critical of others.

Doughty: brave and persistent: "his doughty spirit kept him going." Similar: fearless, dauntless, determined, resolute, indomitable.

Encyclical: a papal letter sent to all bishops of the Roman Catholic Church.

Lugubrious: looking or sounding sad and dismal: "his face looked even more lugubrious than usual."

Postprandial: during or relating to the period after dinner or lunch:

Prosody: the study of elements of speech, including intonation, stress, rhythm and loudness, that occur simultaneously with individual phonetic segments: vowels and consonants.

Serried: (of rows of people or things) standing close together. Similar: close-set, dense, tight, compact, massed, assembled.

Truculent: eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.

Tureen: a deep covered dish from which soup is served.

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Sunday, June 28, 2026

WORD MAN: Literati

Expanded Definition of Words

WORDS FOUND RECENTLY

Apposite: highly pertinent or appropriate; apt.

Avuncular: kind and friendly towards a younger or less experienced person; relating to the relationship between men and the children of their siblings.

Bursary: A bursary is a monetary award made by any educational institution or funding authority to individuals or groups. It is usually awarded to enable a student to attend school, university, or college when they might not be able to otherwise.

Coterminous: having the same boundaries or extent in space, time, or meaning.

Diktat: an order or decree imposed by someone in power without popular consent.

Eclecticism: the practice of deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.

Efficacy: the ability to produce a desired or intended result.

Literati: Intellectuals or those who love, read, and comment on literature - Intelligentsia, a status class of highly educated people who consciously shape society.

Lugubrious: looking or sounding sad and dismal; "his face looked even more lugubrious than usual."

Ganja: Cannabis.

Nativism: the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

Or: a return to or emphasis on indigenous customs, in opposition to outside influences.

Or: the theory that concepts, mental capacities, and mental structures are innate rather than acquired by learning.

Titivation: decoration.

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