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Word of the Day Archives: August 2009

Word List with 31 words
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jeremiad
noun
doleful story
deipnosophist
noun
one skilled in table talk
yeasty
adjective
frothy
trenchant
noun
forceful and vigorous
favonian
noun
pertaining to the west wind
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Potemkin village
noun
false front or facade
ancillary
adjective
subordinate, subsidiary
primogeniture
noun
state of being the firstborn
olla podrida
noun
kind of seasoned stew
fetor
noun
strong, offensive smell
cap-a-pie
noun
from head to foot
agrestic
adjective
pertaining to fields or the country
irrupt
verb
burst in forcibly or suddenly
tarradiddle
noun
fib
glabrous
noun
without hairs or projections
crabwise
adjective
sideways
abecedarian
adjective
pertaining to the alphabet
roue
noun
man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure
terminus
noun
end of a transportation line or route
velleity
noun
slight wish or inclination
portent
noun
sign or omen
wraith
noun
ghost
nuptial
adjective
of or pertaining to marriage
amalgam
noun
alloy of mercury with other metals
cum
noun
with
phantasmagoria
noun
shifting series or succession of things seen or imagined
syncretic
adjective
uniting and blending together different belief systems
Pyrrhic victory
noun
victory achieved at great cost
plaint
noun
expression of sorrow
toper
noun
drunkard
choleric
adjective
easily angered

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