Word of the Day Archive/January 2003
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slugabed:
one who stays in bed until a late hour.
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manse:
a large and imposing residence.
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rebarbative:
repellent; irritating.
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felicitous:
apt; also, delightful.
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nostrum:
a questionable remedy.
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quidnunc:
a gossip; a busybody.
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obviate:
to anticipate and dispose of or make unnecessary.
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lucre:
money; profit.
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dudgeon:
a state or fit of intense indignation.
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gloaming:
twilight; dusk.
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sedulous:
diligent in application or pursuit.
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querulous:
habitually complaining; also, expressing complaint.
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restive:
resisting control; stubborn.
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abstemious:
temperate; abstinent; refraining from indulgence.
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fop:
a man who is vain about his dress and appearance.
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apparition:
a ghost; also, an unexpected appearance.
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inveterate:
deep-rooted; of long standing.
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glower:
to stare angrily or with a scowl.
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itinerant:
traveling from place to place.
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risible:
exciting or provoking laughter.
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lackadaisical:
lacking spirit or liveliness.
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consanguineous:
related by blood; descended from the same ancestor.
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milieu:
environment; setting.
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capacious:
able to contain much.
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pule:
to whimper; to whine.
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sublunary:
situated beneath the moon; terrestrial.
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cavil:
to raise trivial objections; also, a trivial objection.
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impecunious:
habitually without money; poor.