From attitudinize to ziggurat, Merriam-Webster offers a new word every day. There’s a definition, pronunciation guide, and sample sentence, too, so it’s easy to slide these words into everyday vocabulary. Impressive!

• Each day’s word page includes a definition, pronunciation guide, a sample sentence, and detailed etymology

• Learn words from the arts (purfle: to ornament the border or edges of), politics (kakistocracy: government by the worst people), nature (fraxinella: a perennial herb with flowers that emit an aromatic flammable vapor), and more (freegan: an activist who scavenges for free food as a means of reducing consumption of resources)

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