Word of the Day Archive/December 2002
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meticulous:
extremely or excessively careful about details.
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wayworn:
wearied by traveling.
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parlous:
fraught with danger; hazardous.
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vim:
energy; vigor.
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booboisie:
a class of people regarded as stupid or foolish.
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orotund:
full in sound; also, bombastic.
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palindrome:
a word, verse, phrase, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward.
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flippant:
showing inappropriate levity; pert.
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cogent:
appealing to the mind or to reason; convincing.
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ukase:
an edict.
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fetid:
stinking.
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badinage:
light, playful talk.
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atelier:
a workshop; a studio.
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posit:
to postulate; also, to suggest.
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succinct:
brief; concise.
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lugubrious:
exaggeratedly or affectedly sorrowful.
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castigate:
to punish or criticize severely.
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descant:
a discourse; also, to discourse.
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robustious:
boisterous; vigorous.
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subfusc:
dark or dull in color.
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doff:
to take off; to remove; also, to rid oneself of.
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conurbation:
an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities.
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gewgaw:
a trinket; a bauble.
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quiddity:
the essence or nature of a thing.
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complement:
something that fills up or completes.