This week's theme
Miscellaneous words

This week's words
sagacity
stochastic
immanent
venial
connubial

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PRONUNCIATION:

(stuh-KAS-tik)

MEANING:

adjective: Involving chance; random; probabilistic.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek stokhos (aim, target, a pointed stake for an archer to aim at). Earliest documented use: 1662.

USAGE:

"Medicine is a stochastic science -- no doctor can predict the future."
Sandeep Jauhar; When Doctors Slam the Door; The New York Times; Mar 16, 2003.

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