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Word of the day: hortative – \HOR-tuh-tiv\ – adjective : giving exhortation : advisory
Example: A hortative letter to Angela might read something like this “Dear Angela, if you are interested in completing your thesis, perhaps it would be best to stop reading the flippin’ Globe and Mail and get your ass in gear.”
ezmy writes 
>Well said. I must admit that my word of the day for today would be:”estuary” – or a small stream that runs, generally with clear water, from a freshwater lakeIll let you figure out why.