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readjust
16 December 2025 @ 5:00 am
Definition: (verb) Adjust anew.
Synonyms: readapt.
Usage: Some soldiers find it hard to readjust to civilian life when they leave the army.
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open-eyed
15 December 2025 @ 5:00 am
Definition: (adjective) Carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger.
Synonyms: vigilant, wakeful, argus-eyed.
Usage: Natasha...got into bed, and long after her candle was out lay open-eyed and motionless, gazing at the moonlight through the frosty windowpanes.
highfalutin
14 December 2025 @ 5:00 am
Definition: (adjective) Affectedly genteel.
Synonyms: hoity-toity, la-di-da, grandiose.
Usage: I'm glad you didn't load him down with some highfalutin, romantic name that he'd be ashamed of when he gets to be a grandfather.