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Articles from July, 2020
To aver is to affirm and to avow is to openly declare. There's some overlap with these words because when people want to aver something — state a truth — they probably also want to avow it — say it publicly.
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If you're overdue for a trip to the gym, be careful not to overdo it on the exercise when you get there — otherwise you'll be sore. Anything overdue should have happened already, but to overdo something is to do too much of it.
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Slight and sleight sound the same, but things that are slight are little and light, and sleight means slyness or sneakiness.
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Are you antsy to learn the history of this popular word?
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Catch up on the horticultural roots of "inoculate."
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Catch Up on the Etymology of this Popular Condiment.
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Let's clear the smoke on this delicious word's origins.
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