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Word of the Day Archives: October 2009

Word List with 33 words
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saturnine
adjective
sluggish in temperament
artifice
noun
artful trick, stratagem or device
lionize
verb
treat or regard as an object great interest or importance
suffuse
adjective
spread through or over
pallor
adjective
unusual or extreme paleness
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faction
noun
usually contentious group or party
abnegate
noun
refuse or deny oneself
presage
noun
omen
menagerie
noun
collection of wild or unusual animals
untoward
noun
not favorable or fortunate
labile
noun
open to change
supplicate
verb
make a humble and earnest petition
atavism
adjective
reversion to a remote ancestral type or to an earlier form
panegyric
noun
expression of formal or elaborate praise
hagiography
adjective
biography of saints
supervene
verb
take place or occur as something additional, extraneous, or unexpected
Panglossian
noun
excessively or naively optimistic
shibboleth
noun
word, pronunciation, saying, belief, or practice that distinguishes one group from another
amanuensis
noun
one employed to take dictation or to copy manuscripts
cloy
verb
weary or become distasteful through excess
biddable
adjective
easily led or commanded
jape
noun
trick or practical joke
magniloquent
adjective
lofty or grandiose in speech or expression
temporize
verb
be indecisive or evasive in order to gain time
aliment
noun
nutriment or sustenance
contemn
verb
scorn
sapid
adjective
having flavor, especially a strong pleasant flavor
luculent
adjective
clear
pestiferous
adjective
bearing or bringing disease, moral harm, or annoyance
copacetic
adjective
very satisfactory
lumpen
adjective
those individuals cut off from their normal socioeconomic class
stygian
noun
dark and gloomy
ambuscade
noun
ambush

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