Hi there!

It’s been a while; my sophomore year has kept me insanely busy. Thus, I haven’t been able to post, and Word Wise had to end much earlier than scheduled. However, Word Wise still had an awesome year, with a huge collection of hand-selected words now ready to be archived.

Word Wise will return in June of 2019 for its 5th year, so stay tuned!

Below, you’ll find the complete 2018 collection of words. For the newest content, be sure to check out the Word Wise page at the top of 12 and Beyond!

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This is a copy of the 2016 Word Wise page republished in January 2019.

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FOR RECENT WORDS, PLEASE VISIT THE “WORD WISE” PAGE.

Welcome to the 2016 version of Word Wise! This is a collection of all the word of the day’s that have been featured on 12 and Beyond, up until October. To see more recent words, please visit the page simply entitled ‘Word Wise’. Thank you.

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Here is today’s hand-selected word of the day:

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POSTPONE

Verb; to put off until a later time

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My example sentence: For the past several years, the ‘potato bag’ races have had to been postponed to the point of cancellation during our local festival due to bad weather.

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Gabe

Hello! Here is today’s word of the day:

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SILHOUETTE

Noun; A drawing, picture, or portrait of the outline of a person or object often filled in with a solid black color.

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My example sentence: After returning from a vacation late at night, I stumbled over a chair that was surrounded by numerous other silhouettes, making it confusing to navigate the kitchen.

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Gabe

Hello! Here is today’s hand-selected word of the day:

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SIMPER

Verb; to smile or speak in a way that is not natural

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My example sentence: During my school’s picture day, I am forced to simper my smile, and so it often comes our looking awkward and not like myself.

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Gabe

 

Good morning! Here is today’s word of the day:

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ITINERANT

Adjective; travelling from place to place

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My example sentence: As I watching the itinerant hot-air-balloon moving towards us, I had a small hope that the balloon would land in our street.

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Gabe

Hi there! Here is today’s hand-selected word of the day:

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CULL

Verb; to select from a group

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My example sentence: Gym class used to be awkward when two people were chosen to cull from the rest of the class to form teams; resulting in feelings getting hurt.

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Gabe

Hello! Here is today’s hand-selected word of the day:

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FORBEAR

Verb; to hold back

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My example sentence: I had to forbear the urge to ask questions until after class as my teacher began explaining the concept of physics- which is actually really interesting once you understand it.

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Gabe

Hi there! Here is today’s hand-selected word of the day:

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PRESIDE

Verb; to be in charge

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My example sentence: After months of debating, it was determined that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton would officially compete against each other to preside the United States.

Thanks for reading!

Gabe