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Words Of Day
Words 07
- jocular:
given to or characterized by joking.
- arriviste:
an upstart.
- errant:
wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path;
roving.
- tenet:
any opinion, principle, or doctrine held to be true.
- deign:
to condescend.
- clarion:
a kind of trumpet; also, loud and clear.
- toper:
a drunkard; a sot.
- obviate:
to anticipate and dispose of or make unnecessary.
- abecedarian:
pertaining to the alphabet; also, rudimentary; also,
a beginner.
- rivulet:
a small stream or brook.
- putsch:
an attempt to overthrow a government.
- brio:
vigor; vivacity.
- spoonerism:
the transposition of usually initial sounds in a pair of words.
- accede:
to agree or assent; also, to become a party.
- refractory:
stubbornly disobedient.
- cavort:
to bound or prance about.
- efficacious:
producing, or capable of producing, a desired effect.
- bedaub:
to besmear; also, to overdecorate.
- trice:
an instant; a moment.
- impugn:
to call in question; to make insinuations against.
- apostasy:
desertion or departure from one's faith, principles, or party.
- prolix:
wordy.
- gregarious:
seeking and enjoying the company of others.
- circumspect:
cautious; prudent.
- prepotency:
predominance.
- argot:
a specialized vocabulary peculiar to a particular group.
- quagmire:
a predicament.
- ukase:
an edict.
- indigence:
extreme poverty.
- supplant:
to take the place of.