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Word of the Day Archives: October 2008

Word List with 30 words
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starveling
noun
one who is starving or being starved
venerate
verb
regard or treat with reverence
privation
noun
state of being deprived of something
redact
verb
edit
moil
verb
labor
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potentate
noun
one who possesses great power or sway
hardscrabble
adjective
barren, marginal
cajole
verb
coax
milksop
noun
weak or ineffectual person
pablum
noun
something as writing or speech that is trite, insipid, or simplistic
arbiter
noun
one having the power of judging and determining
contretemps
adjective
something inopportune or embarrassing
doughty
adjective
valiant
tremulous
adjective
shaking, quivering
plaintive
adjective
expressive of sorrow or melancholy
coterminous
adjective
of equal extent or duration
billet
verb
quarter, or place in lodgings
doyen
noun
senior member of a body or group
profuse
adjective
plentiful
bacchanalia
noun
revel
corpulent
adjective
very fat
Argus-eyed
adjective
extremely observant
pied-a-terre
noun
temporary or second place of lodging
vertiginous
adjective
causing dizziness
supplant
verb
take the place of
imprecation
noun
curse
tattoo
noun
rapid, rhythmic drumming or rapping
fecund
adjective
fruitful
concinnity
noun
elegance -- used chiefly of literary style
rejoinder
noun
answer to a reply

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