Word of the Day Archive/October 1999
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affable:
courteous; sociable.
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noisome:
offensive to the smell.
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exacerbate:
to irritate; to make worse.
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misnomer:
a wrong or inapplicable name.
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lackadaisical:
lacking spirit or liveliness.
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hauteur:
haughtiness; pride; arrogance.
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skulk:
To hide in a sneaking manner.
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voluble:
marked by a ready flow of speech.
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ostracize:
To expel from a community or group.
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aplomb:
confidence; coolness.
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disheveled:
disordered; disorderly; untidy.
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precocious:
characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development.
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reticent:
inclined to keep silent.
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vituperate:
to overwhelm with wordy abuse.
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foment:
to nurse to life or activity; to encourage.
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contumely:
rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt.
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philomath:
a lover of learning.
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aesthete:
one who cultivates great sensitivity to beauty.
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nefarious:
wicked in the extreme.
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proclivity:
a natural inclination.
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flout:
to treat with contempt.
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sesquipedalian:
(of words) long; having many syllables.
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inchoate:
partially but not fully in existence or operation.
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circumlocution:
the use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few.
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wayworn:
wearied by traveling.
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crepuscular:
pertaining to twilight.
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