✍️ Word of the Day — perfunctory 📎

Etymology
From the Latin perfungi, meaning to carry out an action. The ending -ory can be used for adjectives.

🆒 Word Parts (reading) 🆙

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the correct word part matching the definition. Later, choose one word part from each column to build the defined word.

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❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Assemble the word.

4️⃣ NOUN: person who speaks many languages —

DUR — GLOT
❌
POLY — CENT

✅ Answer: n polyglot
POLY (many) + GLOT (language) = POLYGLOT — person who speaks many languages.

5️⃣ ADJECTIVE: using more words than needed —

VERB — ATE
❌
TEMPOR — OSE

✅ Answer: adj verbose
VERB (word) + OSE (full of or having) = VERBOSE — using more words than needed.

6️⃣ VERB: to state as the truth —

DERM — VER
❌
A — IC

✅ Answer: v aver
A (to or toward) + VER (truth) = AVER — to state as the truth.

7️⃣ NOUN: imagined place that is extremely bad —

DYS — DICT — IA
❌ ❌
PRE — TOP — IC

✅ Answer: n dystopia .
DYS (not normal) + TOP (place) + IA (territory or world) = DYSTOPIA — imagined place that is extremely bad.

8️⃣ NOUN: act of being disloyal —

SUB — FID — ANT
❌ ❌
PER — VEST — Y

✅ Answer: n perfidy .
PER (to ill effect) + FID (trust or faith) + Y (characterized by) = PERFIDY — act of being disloyal.

9️⃣ NOUN: quality of goodwill or charitableness —

DEMO — VOL — ENCE
❌ ❌
BENE — TOX — OLOGY

✅ Answer: n benevolence .
BENE (good) + VOL (wish or will) + ENCE (action or quality of) = BENEVOLENCE — quality of goodwill or charitableness.

1️⃣0️⃣ ADVERB: in the manner of one side acting alone —

UNI — LATER — AL — EE
❌ ❌ ❌
PAN — NUL — ABLE — LY

✅ Answer: n unilaterally .
UNI (one or singly) + LATER (side or wide) + AL (relating to) + LY (in the manner of) = UNILATERALLY — in the manner of one side acting alone.