This week’s theme
Unusual synonyms

This week’s words
expectorate
seism
autochthon
leechdom
festinate

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(SY-zuhm)

MEANING:

noun: Earthquake.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek seismos, from seiein (to shake). Earliest documented use: 1883.

USAGE:

“The deep seisms are hundreds of thousands of small, individual quakes occurring in parts of the deep crust.”
Keay Davidson; Deep Tremors Could Be Clues to Surface Quakes; San Francisco Chronicle; Mar 15, 2007.

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

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