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Word of the Day Archives: June 2008

Word List with 29 words
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acrimony
adjective
bitter, harsh, or biting sharpness
connubial
adjective
of or pertaining to marriage
martinet
noun
strict disciplinarian
pastiche
noun
hodgepodge
commodious
adjective
comfortably spacious
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ossify
verb
harden or to become bone
nonpareil
adjective
having no equal
inexorable
adjective
unyielding
comely
adjective
pleasing to the sight
solicitous
adjective
manifesting, expressing, or full of care or concern
limpid
adjective
clear
bucolic
adjective
rustic
apotheosis
noun
model of excellence or perfection of a kind
incommunicado
adjective
without means or right to communicate
jocular
adjective
given to or characterized by joking
inkhorn
noun
affectedly or ostentatiously learned
nonplus
verb
render utterly perplexed
bailiwick
noun
person's specific area of knowledge, authority, interest, skill, or work
sotto voce
adjective
spoken low or in an undertone
heterogeneous
adjective
consisting of dissimilar elements
patrician
noun
nobleman
nettlesome
adjective
causing irritation, vexation, or distress
clamber
verb
climb with difficulty, or on all fours
bricolage
noun
construction or something constructed by using whatever materials happen to be available
hobbledehoy
noun
awkward, gawky young fellow
chortle
verb
utter, or express with, a snorting, exultant laugh or chuckle
rapprochement
noun
establishment or state of cordial relations
undulant
adjective
resembling waves in form, motion, or occurrence
teetotaler
noun
one pledged to abstinence from alcoholic drinks

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