Word of the Day Archive/May 1999*
* The first Word of the Day was on May 3
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palindrome:
a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward.
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deprecate:
to disapprove of strongly.
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bivouac:
an encampment for the night.
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umbrage:
suspicion of injury or wrong; offense.
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incipient:
beginning to be; commencing; initial.
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dapple:
a small spot or blotch.
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pugnacious:
inclined to fighting.
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capitulate:
to surrender under agreed conditions.
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susurrus:
a whisper; a murmur; a rustling.
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capacious:
able to contain much; large; roomy.
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glower:
to stare angrily or with a scowl.
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canorous:
melodious; musical.
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effulgence:
a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor.
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assuage:
to soften; to ease, or lessen.
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repast:
a meal; figuratively, any refreshment.
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spoonerism:
the transposition of usually initial sounds in a pair of words.
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nescience:
lack of knowledge.
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gewgaw:
a showy trifle; a pretty but worthless bauble.
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exiguity:
smallness; thinness; the quality of being meager.
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seriatim:
in a series; one after another.
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tmesis:
in grammar and rhetoric, the separation of the parts of a compound word.
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chthonic:
dwelling in or under the earth; also, pertaining to the underworld.
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objurgate:
express strong disapproval of.
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plethora:
excess; superabundance.
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lissom:
limber; supple; flexible; lithe.
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badinage:
playful raillery; banter.
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