This week’s theme
Adverbs

This week’s words
memoriter
astern
sinistrad
agley
gratis

Live simply
Love generously
Care deeply
Speak kindly

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Next week’s theme
Nouns that are also verbs

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PRONUNCIATION:

(GRAT-is, GRA/GRAY-tis)

MEANING:

adverb, adjective: Without payment; free.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin gratis, contraction of gratiis (out of kindness), from gratia (grace, kindness). Earliest documented use: 1477.

USAGE:

“All involved volunteered their services and worked gratis.”
Barry Davis; The Jerusalem Art Show Goes on; Jerusalem Post (Israel); Apr 17, 2020.

See more usage examples of gratis in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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