Word of the Day Archive/May 2001
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sotto
voce: spoken low or in an undertone.
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bailiwick:
a person's specific area of knowledge, authority, interest, skill, or work.
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nonplus:
to cause to be at a loss as to what to think, say, or do.
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inkhorn:
affectedly or ostentatiously learned.
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jocular:
given to or characterized by joking.
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incommunicado:
without the means or right to communicate.
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apotheosis:
a model of excellence or perfection of a kind.
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bucolic:
rustic; pastoral.
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limpid:
clear; also, serene.
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solicitous:
manifesting or expressing care or concern.
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comely:
pleasing to the sight.
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inexorable:
unyielding; relentless.
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ossify:
to harden or to become bone.
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commodious:
comfortably spacious; roomy.
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pastiche:
a hodgepodge; a potpourri.
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martinet:
a strict disciplinarian.
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connubial:
of or pertaining to marriage.
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acrimony:
bitter, harsh, or biting sharpness.
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lambaste:
to scold sharply; also, to beat.
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egress:
the act of going out or leaving; exit.
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propitiate:
to appease; to conciliate.
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stripling:
an adolescent youth.
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peripatetic:
walking about or traveling from place to place.
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abattoir:
a slaughterhouse.
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rivulet:
a small stream or brook.
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obstreperous:
noisily and stubbornly defiant; also, boisterous.
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donnybrook:
a brawl or dispute.
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hoi
polloi: the common people; the masses.
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