This week’s theme
Verbs

This week’s words
confute
propine
flocculate
absolve
objurgate

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PRONUNCIATION:

(FLOK-yuh-layt)

MEANING:

verb tr., intr.: To form or cause to form into clumps.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin flocculus, diminutive of Latin floccus (tuft of wool). Earliest documented use: 1826.

USAGE:

“Organic matter causes clay particles to flocculate and make larger lumps.”
Laurie Donnelly; Soil Smarts; Country Living Gardener (Birmingham, Alabama); Fall 2004.

See more usage examples of flocculate in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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