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This week’s words

sinecure

pathography

performative

stridulate

mala fide



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stridulate PRONUNCIATION: (STRIJ-uh-layt)

MEANING: verb intr.: To make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing body parts together.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin stridere (to make a harsh sound). Earliest documented use: 1838.

USAGE:

Natalie Angier; Surviving by Disguising; The New York Times; Sep 7, 2010.



See more usage examples of “Scientists recently discovered that in some ant species, the queen is a consummate percussionist, equipped with a tiny, uniquely ridged organ for stridulating out royal fanfares that help keep her workers in line.”Natalie Angier; Surviving by Disguising;; Sep 7, 2010.See more usage examples of stridulate in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you've got a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. A lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat, and a lump in the breast are not the same kind of lump. One needs to learn the difference. -Robert Fulghum, author (b. 4 Jun 1937)





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