Word of the Day Archive/September 2001
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plaintive:
expressive of sorrow or melancholy.
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tremulous:
shaking, quivering; also, affected with fear.
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doughty:
valiant; brave.
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contretemps:
something inopportune or embarrassing.
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arbiter:
one having the power of judging and determining.
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pablum:
something (as writing or speech) that is trite, insipid, or simplistic.
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milksop:
an unmanly man.
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hardscrabble:
barren, marginal; also, marked by poverty.
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potentate:
one who possesses great power or sway.
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moil:
to labor; to toil; to drudge.
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privation:
the state of being deprived of something.
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venerate:
to treat with deep respect.
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starveling:
one who is starving or being starved.
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etiolate:
to blanch or bleach; to make sickly.
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dictum:
an authoritative statement.
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quixotic:
foolishly impractical; also, capricious; impulsive.
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maunder:
to talk or wander aimlessly.
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vade
mecum: a book or other thing that one regularly carries about.
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amicable:
characterized by friendliness and good will.
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effrontery:
shameless boldness; insolence.
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cabal:
a group that seeks power usually through intrigue.
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forcible:
effected by force used against resistance; also, powerful.
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neoteric:
recent in origin; modern.
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frangible:
capable of being broken; easily broken.
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