Word of the Day Archive/April 2004
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puckish:
whimsical; mischievous; impish.
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coterminous:
of equal extent or duration.
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mountebank:
a quack; also, a charlatan.
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tirade:
a long angry speech.
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palaver:
idle talk; also, to talk idly.
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vertiginous:
causing dizziness; also, giddy; dizzy.
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remonstrate:
to present and urge reasons in opposition.
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bailiwick:
a person's specific area of knowledge, authority, interest, skill, or work.
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impregnable:
able to resist attack.
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renege:
to go back on a promise or commitment.
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apprise:
to give notice to; to inform.
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improvident:
lacking foresight; negligent; thoughtless.
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carom:
to strike and rebound; also, a glancing off.
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myrmidon:
a loyal follower.
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privation:
the state of being deprived of something.
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ossify:
to harden or to become bone.
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troglodyte:
someone who dwells in a cave.
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wan:
pale; also, lacking vitality or intensity.
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peremptory:
precluding or putting an end to all debate or action.
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harbinger:
a precursor; one that presages what is to come.
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small
beer: weak beer; also, matters of little importance.
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commodious:
comfortably spacious; roomy.
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scapegrace:
one who is wild and reckless.
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nascent:
beginning to exist.
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supine:
lying on the back; also, indolent; listless.
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heterodox:
holding unorthodox opinions.
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predilection:
an established preference.
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verisimilitude:
the quality of seeming to be true.