Word of the Day Archive/April 2005
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jape:
to jest.
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biddable:
easily led or commanded; obedient.
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cloy:
to weary or become distasteful through excess.
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amanuensis:
one employed to take dictation or to copy manuscripts.
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shibboleth:
a word, pronunciation, saying, belief, practice, etc., that distinguishes
one group from another.
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complement:
something that fills up or completes.
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maudlin:
excessively sentimental.
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Panglossian:
excessively or naively optimistic.
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supervene:
to take place or occur as something additional, extraneous, or unexpected.
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hagiography:
biography of saints; also, idealizing or idolizing biography.
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malapropos:
unseasonable or unseasonably; inappropriate or inappropriately.
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redoubt:
a stronghold.
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extant:
still existing.
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arbitrage:
the nearly simultaneous purchase and sale of an asset in order to profit
from price discrepancies.
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panegyric:
an expression of formal or elaborate praise.
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fettle:
a state or condition of fitness, order, or mind.
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atavism:
reversion to a remote ancestral type or to an earlier form.
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rara
avis: a rare or unique person or thing.
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euphonious:
pleasing or sweet in sound.
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scintilla:
a tiny amount; a spark.
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matutinal:
relating to or occurring in the morning.
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extol:
to praise.
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