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off-key
10 November 2025 @ 5:00 am
Definition: (adjective) Inaccurate in pitch.
Synonyms: sour, false.
Usage: Her wailing, off-key vocals made me cringe.
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malinger
9 November 2025 @ 5:00 am
Definition: (verb) To feign illness or other incapacity in order to avoid duty or work.
Synonyms: skulk.
Usage: To make sure that employees do not malinger, the boss insists that all workers submit a doctor's note when they return to work after calling in sick.
precept
8 November 2025 @ 5:00 am
Definition: (noun) Rule of personal conduct.
Synonyms: principle.
Usage: I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked: it was a wise man, and it is a precept that I have followed scrupulously; for every day I have got up and I have gone to bed.