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Words Of Day
Words 07
Feb 07
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pellucid:
transparent, clear; also, easily understandable.
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roseate:
cheerful; bright; also, rose-colored.
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conspectus:
a sketch, survey, or outline of a subject.
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missive:
a written message; a letter.
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genial:
sympathetically cheerful and cheering; kindly.
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idee
fixe: a fixed idea; an obsession.
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Pyrrhic
victory: a victory achieved at great cost.
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bucolic:
rustic; pastoral.
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crux:
the essential point or feature.
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satiety:
fullness to or beyond the point of satisfaction.
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vivify:
to endue with life; to enliven.
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slaver:
to slobber; to drool.
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beau
ideal: a perfect or an idealized type or model.
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raffish:
tawdry; also, rakish.
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impregnable:
able to resist attack.
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doyen:
the senior member of a body or group.
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sonorous:
yielding sound; impressive in sound.
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turbid:
muddy; not clear; also, confused; disordered.
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apogee:
the highest point.
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hoi
polloi: the common people; the masses.
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lapidary:
of or pertaining to stone cutting; also, terse or refined in
expression.
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hardscrabble:
barren, marginal; also, marked by poverty.
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enjoin:
to direct or impose with authority; also, to forbid.
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sycophant:
one who seeks favor by flattery; a toady.
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ambit:
circuit or compass; also, sphere of action or influence.
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surreptitious:
done, made, or gotten by stealth; also, marked by stealth.