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inactivate
27 May 2026 @ 5:00 am
Definition: (verb) Release from military service or remove from the active list of military service.
Synonyms: demobilize.
Usage: My leg injury was so severe that my superior officer was forced to inactivate me.
indispose
26 May 2026 @ 5:00 am
Definition: (verb) Make unwilling.
Synonyms: disincline.
Usage: I did not wish to indispose him still further by an appearance of marked curiosity.
upstart
25 May 2026 @ 5:00 am
Definition: (noun) A person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class.
Synonyms: arriviste, nouveau-riche, parvenu.
Usage: He is an upstart, a man of no name, who will only be the tool of a party in France.