How to demonstrate our Word of the Day: Throw yourself across a funeral pyre and set yourself ablaze. Now that's a hot word: Immolate.Hear it here
Today's Vocabulary Vitamin was heard on a talk show. The host said he hoped a certain someone wouldn't be immolated for his views. So your trusty Vocabulary Vitamin Lady immediately yanked open a dictionary and did a word search on immolate, thinking the word meant to deride, or criticize. Well, ratchet that up a notch: The word immolate means sacrifice. Burn at the stake. Kill, destroy. Do unto others as they did unto Joan of Arc.
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