Monday: valuta - The value of one currency with respect to its exchange rate with another: e.g. 'He was accused of sending foreign valuta out of Germany'
Tuesday: bicephalous - Having two heads: e.g. 'On the main facade is an imposing bicephalous eagle'
Wednesday: effulgent - Shining brightly; radiant: e.g. 'In the night sky, nothing is brighter and more effulgent than the moon'
Thursday: ullage - The amount by which a container falls short of being full: e.g. 'In drastic levels of dryness, this damage may cause the ullage to increase'
Friday: simon-pure - Completely genuine, authentic, or honest: e.g. 'they were not so simon-pure as the image they presented to the public'
Saturday: indocile - Difficult to teach or discipline; not submissive
Sunday: abstemious - Indulging only very moderately in something, especially food and drink: e.g. '‘We only had a bottle.’ ‘Very abstemious of you.’'
Words and definitions from Oxford Dictionaries Online's Word of the Day.
Playing with this week's words!
- I was abstemious and didn't increase the bottle's ullage
- The Aplans are bicephalous race in Doctor Who
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