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Sep 26, 2024
This week’s themeWords differing by a letter This week’s words exhort extort nemorous memorous androgynic Illustration: Anu Garg + AI
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with Anu Gargmemorous
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
adjective: Likely to be remembered; notable.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin + memoria (memory). Earliest documented use: 1530.
USAGE:
“Troy’s father proposed that they leave Des Moines and start a new life
in Beganning, California. Eager to escape the memorous pains that his
hometown held, Troy agreed.” LeRoy Powell III; Vengeance; Writers Club Press; 2000. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
In a world of fugitives, the person taking the opposite direction will
appear to run away. -T.S. Eliot, poet (26 Sep 1888-1965)
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