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Dec 21, 2018

This week’s theme
Words that aren’t what they appear to be

This week’s words
dogmatic
lustrate
tourbillion
antigodlin
aggrate

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A.Word.A.Day

with Anu Garg

PRONUNCIATION:

(uh-GRAYT)

MEANING:

verb tr.: To please or gratify.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Italian aggradare (to please), from Latin aggratare, from gratus (pleasing, grateful). Earliest documented use: 1590.

USAGE:

“... bending laws and conscience to aggrate men in power ...”
Praveen Kumar; Inside India; PublishAmerica; 2009.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

If there is a God, I don't think He would demand that anyone bow down or stand up to him. -Rebecca West, author and journalist (21 Dec 1892-1983)

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