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Word of the Day Archives: March 2010

Word List with 31 words
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bilk
verb
defraud, cheat, or swindle
martial
noun
pertaining to war
parry
noun
deflect a blow
acute
adjective
serious
sanguine
adjective
optimistic, cheerful
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lampoon
adjective
composition that imitates or misrepresents someone's style
consternation
noun
sudden dread
burnish
verb
polish and make shiny
interminable
adjective
seeming to have no end
pinchbeck
noun
something that is counterfeit
myopia
adjective
nearsightedness
expurgate
verb
remove offensive parts
froward
noun
willfully contrary
tome
noun
large scholarly book
osteopath
adjective
therapist who manipulates body structure
toady
adjective
someone who is servile
highhanded
noun
with haughty disregard
denigrate
verb
belittle, attack maliciously
erstwhile
adjective
former
unwitting
noun
lacking knowledge
virtuoso
adjective
exceptional performer
defalcate
noun
take fraudulently
chaff
noun
seed coverings
victuals
noun
supply of food
pedant
adjective
person holding books in esteem
hidebound
adjective
stubbornly conservative
declaim
noun
speak against
openhanded
adjective
giving freely
peculate
noun
appropriate fraudulently
beseech
verb
ask for earnestly
nocuous
noun
harmful

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