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Show LEARN A WORD M EVERY DAY 4. Today's word is EFFERVESCE, It Is pronounced ef-er-ves. with accent slightly upon the first and more strongly upon the third syllable It means to bubble and hlt-s. being be-ing applied. In Its strict sense, to 11-ciuids. 11-ciuids. but figuratively to individuals or groups of them. It comes from Latin "efferves-cere." "efferves-cere." to begin boiling. It's used like this "English statesmen states-men have hinted at a feeling that the I'rench. In pressing their war claims, should effervesce less violently until they have made more progress toward settlement of their own obligations." 00 |