

Jul 4, 2018 This week’s theme

Verbs



This week’s words

forswear

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rowel

subduct

contund



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rowel PRONUNCIATION: (ROU-uhl)

MEANING: noun: A small spiked wheel at the end of a spur attached behind the shoes of a rider and used to goad a horse.

verb tr.: To prick; to vex.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old French roele, from Latin rotella (small wheel), from rota (wheel). Earliest documented use: 1299.

USAGE:

Henry Roth; Call It Sleep; 1934.



See more usage examples of “Against the luminous sky the rays of her halo were spikes of darkness roweling the air.”Henry Roth; Call It Sleep; 1934.See more usage examples of rowel in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue. -Robert King Merton, sociologist (4 Jul 1910-2003)





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