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Word of the Day Archives: May 2009

Word List with 31 words
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fealty
noun
fidelity
impassive
noun
devoid of emotion
matutinal
adjective
relating to or occurring in the morning
trammel
adjective
something that impedes activity, progress, or freedom
clarion
noun
kind of trumpet
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parley
noun
conference or discussion
gubernatorial
noun
of or pertaining to a governor
ostentation
noun
excessive or pretentious display
omnipresent
adjective
present in all places at the same time
mercurial
noun
changeable
parsimonious
adjective
frugal to excess
concatenation
noun
chain
boulevardier
noun
man-about-town
diktat
noun
authoritative decree or order
fortuitous
adjective
happening by chance
indelible
adjective
incapable of being removed or erased
fiduciary
noun
relating to the holding of something in trust for another
hobnob
verb
associate familiarly
paladin
noun
champion of a cause
redivivus
adjective
living again
littoral
noun
on a coastal or shore region
bravado
noun
real or pretended show of courage or boldness
recrimination
noun
counter accusation
xenophobia
adjective
fear or hatred of what is strange or foreign
ostensible
adjective
appearing to be true, but not necessarily so
indigent
noun
extremely poor
prescient
noun
knowing or anticipating the outcome of events before they happen
deliquesce
verb
melt away or become liquid
flagitious
adjective
grossly wicked
pelf
adjective
money
numinous
adjective
spiritual

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