Learn A Word A Day

229. from within (idiom): by the people who belong to an organisation and not by people from outside it 🔍 If things are to change, the company must be reformed from within.

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228. upend (verb): to overturn, disrupt, or cause the collapse of something 🔍 The sudden news upended my entire daily schedule.

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227. stray (noun): an animal that is lost or has no home 🔍 Daniella and I rode along the creek bed looking for strays.

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226. lock-up (noun): a small prison where prisoners are kept for a short time 🔍 The angry suspect spent a long, cold night in the local police lock-up.

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225. reclamation (noun): the attempt to make land suitable for building or farming 🔍 Coastal areas use sea reclamation to build new space for housing and roads.

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224. stomp (verb): to walk, dance, or move with heavy steps 🔍 She stomped up the stairs and slammed her bedroom door.

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223. lure (verb): to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere by offering them something exciting 🔍 Computer games are luring youngsters away from their lessons.

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222. blanket (verb): to cover something with a thick layer 🔍 Outside the fields were blanketed in fog.

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221. picturesque (adjective): a picturesque place is pretty and interesting in an old-fashioned way 🔍 We visited the picturesque Kesang Laut fishing village.

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220. elevate (verb): to make someone or something more important or to improve something; raise 🔍 Language has elevated humans above the other animals.

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