Word of the Day Archive/August 2000
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obsequious:
servilely attentive; fawning.
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simulacrum:
a representation; an insubstantial or vague semblance.
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miasma:
noxious effluvia; also, a harmful atmosphere; also, an
atmosphere that obscures.
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ululate:
to howl; to wail.
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toothsome:
delicious; attractive; luscious.
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asperity:
roughness, of surface, sound, or manner.
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impervious:
impenetrable; also, not capable of being affected.
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auspicious:
favorable; also, prosperous.
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otiose:
ineffective; also, being at leisure; also, of no use.
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lucubration:
nocturnal study; also, that which is composed by night; meditation.
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quaff:
to drink with relish.
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perdurable:
very durable; long lasting.
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crapulous:
sick from, or marked by, excessive drinking.
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equanimity:
calmness; composure.
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megalomania:
a mental disorder characterized by delusions of grandeur.
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gauche:
lacking social polish; tactless.
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fustian:
a kind of coarse twilled cotton; also, bombast.
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disparate:
fundamentally different; composed of markedly dissimilar elements.
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palaver:
idle talk; also, to talk idly.
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malleable:
capable of being shaped; also, adaptable.
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termagant:
a scolding, nagging, bad-tempered woman.
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verisimilitude:
the quality of seeming to be true.
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tendentious:
marked by a strong tendency in favor of a particular point of view.
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dudgeon:
a state or fit of intense indignation.
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rusticate:
to go to the country; also, to force to reside in the country; to
banish.