A wayside is the side of—or land adjacent to—a road or path. According to my best research, a waste side is some imaginary side filled ….
According to Webster, “Exact,” when used as a verb, means to “demand, claim, require, exact” or “to ask or call for something as due or ….
“Espresso” is defined as “coffee brewed by forcing steam or hot water through finely ground darkly roasted coffee beans.” This particular strong coffee drink brewed ….
The adjective expedient describes something that provides an easy way to achieve a goal or result, but it’s not necessarily a moral solution. Expedient describes ….
The increasingly common misspelling of “expatriate” as “ex-patriot” twists the noun’s meaning in a curious way. An “expatriate,” which is often shortened to “expat,” is ….
The words “except, accept, expect” have absolutely no senses in common. To except is to take or leave out from a number or a whole, ….
Glad’s slogan on their Glad Wrap is “Seals in Freshness. Everyday.” They’ve even trademarked it! The same goes with OfficeWerks. “Lowest prices everyday!” Obviously, they ….
An epitaph is written on a tombstone. Specifically, the epitaph is usually the words inscribed on the stone, but it can also be a memorial ….
Envelop means to wrap around something completely, to surround, either literally or figuratively. Fog can envelop a city, but love might also envelop a person’s ….
This one always makes me laugh like a little kid. “A scapegoat” is a biblical animal while an “escape goat” exists as the result of ….