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Show ! J LEARN A WORD EVERY DAY Today's word ls LUCUBRATION". It's pronounced lu-ku-bra-shun, I With accent somewhat upon the first. I bul more strongly upon the third 1 syllable. It means the ad of v.e.r' inT lv artlflcial light, hence, "burning tho midnight oil." or laborious study. It comes from Latin "lucubrare." to work by lamplight: originally from "lux." light. It's used like this "Ju ' - j what one reads in tho sporting prints, ; ft would appear that the riutionrfl undergraduates are more Interested at ! present In the progress of their re-1 spectlve varsity football squads than I in academic lucubration." |