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Word of the Day Archives: November 2008

Word List with 30 words
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tatterdemalion
noun
person dressed in tattered clothing
disquisition
noun
formal discourse on a subject
hector
verb
bully or harass
mulct
verb
defraud
chimera
noun
mental fabrication
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recherche
adjective
exotic
ken
noun
perception, view
gustatory
adjective
pertaining to the sense of taste
hubris
noun
overbearing pride or presumption
braggadocio
noun
empty boasting
epicene
adjective
having the characteristics of both the male and the female
debouch
verb
emerge
clerisy
noun
intelligentsia
dishabille
noun
state of being carelessly or partially dressed
approbation
noun
formal or official approval
grandiloquent
adjective
expressed in a lofty style
frangible
adjective
capable of being broken
indigence
adjective
extreme poverty
neoteric
adjective
recent in origin
forcible
adjective
effected by force used against resistance
cabal
noun
group that seeks power usually through intrigue
effrontery
noun
shameless boldness
amicable
adjective
characterized by friendliness and good will
vade mecum
noun
book or other thing that one regularly carries about
maunder
verb
talk or wander aimlessly
quixotic
adjective
foolishly impractical
dictum
noun
authoritative statement
quagmire
noun
predicament
wiseacre
noun
smart aleck
etiolate
verb
blanch or bleach

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