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Words Of Day
Word 06

 

  1. prima facie: at first view.

  2. supercilious: disdainfully arrogant.

  3. concatenation: a chain; a succession.

  4. inveigh: to rail (against some person or thing).

  5. sough: to make a soft, low sighing or rustling sound.

  6. avuncular: resembling an uncle, as in kindness or indulgence.

  7. peremptory: precluding or putting an end to all debate or action.

  8. ascribe: to attribute.

  9. compunction: anxiety or unease from guilt; also, a scruple.

  10. animus: a feeling of ill will; also, animating spirit; disposition.

  11. piebald: mottled; also, mixed.

  12. eremite: a hermit.

  13. corroborate: to strengthen or make more certain with other evidence.

  14. fatuous: inanely foolish; stupid; also, llusory.

  15. arrogate: to claim or seize without right or justification.

  16. chary: wary; cautious.

  17. fortuitous: happening by chance.

  18. adumbrate: to outline; also, to foreshadow; also, to suggest; also, to shade.

  19. supposititious: fraudulently substituted; also, hypothetical.

  20. renege: to go back on a promise or commitment.

  21. vagary: an extravagant, erratic, or unpredictable notion, action, or occurrence.

  22. tete-a-tete: a private conversation.

  23. expiate: to make amends for; to atone for.

  24. denizen: an inhabitant.

  25. robustious: boisterous; vigorous.

  26. provender: food or provisions.

  27. habitue: one who habitually frequents a place.

  28. aegis: a shield; protection.

  29. sui generis: unique.

  30. requisite: required; indispensable.

  31. explicate: to explain.

Sep 06