Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Word of the day

speculate • \SPEK-yuh-layt\

Means:
1 a : to meditate on or ponder a subject : reflect

*b : to think or theorize about something in which evidence is too slight for

certainty to be reached

2 : to assume a business risk in hope of gain; especially : to buy or sell in

expectation of profiting from market fluctuation

Example sentence: Mia's abrupt firing caused her coworkers to speculate endlessly

about what she might have done wrong

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