My goal with WOTD is that I'll try to find usable words and then give ways to tie them together. That's the idea anyway...
WOTD 1
epitome
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I love this word. This word is the epitome of how difficult the English language is to learn. There is no way without a dictionary or hearing it that you would ever guess "epuh-tohm" would be pronounced "eepit-oh-me".