Welcome to another astounding episode of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! We've successfully navigated an ocean of verbiage - more than one hundred words - together since Word Woman made her first appearance just over two years ago. Here's to that fine day, some two years hence, when we'll be celebrating the 200 Words of Word Woman together! In the meantime, for your further edification, here's the Word of the Week:
Complaisance: [kum-play-sense] (noun) a willingness to please others.
as opposed to another noun with the same pronunciation but a different meaning:
Complacence: the state of being satisfied with oneself or having a false sense of security.
-- "Word Traps: A Dictionary of the 5,000 Most Confusing Sound-Alike & Look-Alike Words", Jordan L. Linfield & Joseph Krevisky, Innovation Press, Collier Books, 1993.
Example: Jenny's complaisance lulled Harry into a state of complacence with their relationship.
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