{"id":38154,"date":"2023-01-07T10:21:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T16:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=38154"},"modified":"2023-01-07T10:21:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T16:21:29","slug":"word-of-the-day-855","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2023\/01\/07\/word-of-the-day-855\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Trepid<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>(adjective) timid by nature or revealing timidity<em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vocabulary.com\/dictionary\/trepid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Vocabulary.com<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mayhem-2022.12.12.jpg\" width=\"206\" height=\"164\" \/>Hah! I&#8217;ve not actually ever seen this word in writing anywhere that I can recall. While I was watching our elder cat, Mayhem, now in his twentieth year, contemplate a leap down from a counter, it occurred to me that he should be showing more <em>trepidation<\/em>. The adjective <em>intrepid<\/em> flashed to mind, followed by the question, <em>What is the root of trepidation<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>Example: <em>It was a trepid koala, even for its kind, terrified of the shaking leaves that formed its tenuous diet.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trepid: (adjective) timid by nature or revealing timidity [Vocabulary.com] Hah! I&#8217;ve not actually ever seen this word in writing anywhere that I can recall. While I was watching our elder cat, Mayhem, now in his twentieth year, contemplate a leap down from a counter, it occurred to me that he \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2023\/01\/07\/word-of-the-day-855\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38154"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38156,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38154\/revisions\/38156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}