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delude
29 March 2026 @ 5:00 am
Definition: (verb) To deceive the mind or judgment of.
Synonyms: cozen, deceive, lead on.
Usage: You cannot delude me into believing that you ate your vegetables, because I saw you feeding broccoli to the dog!
acquirement
28 March 2026 @ 5:00 am
Definition: (noun) An ability that has been acquired by training.
Synonyms: skill, accomplishment, attainment, acquisition.
Usage: They were consequently much dissatisfied, and ready for any employment in which their talents and acquirements might be turned to better account.
purlieu
27 March 2026 @ 5:00 am
Definition: (noun) An outer adjacent area of any place.
Synonyms: environs.
Usage: These skulking visitors would keep about the purlieus of the camp until daylight; when, on the first stir of life among the sleepers, they would scamper off until they reached some rising ground.