Printable Word of the Day Archives: June 2008 flash cards
29 words
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| acrimony |
bitter, harsh, or biting sharpness |
| connubial |
of or pertaining to marriage |
| martinet |
strict disciplinarian |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious |
| ossify |
harden or to become bone |
| nonpareil |
having no equal |
| comely |
pleasing to the sight |
| solicitous |
manifesting, expressing, or full of care or concern |
| apotheosis |
model of excellence or perfection of a kind |
| incommunicado |
without means or right to communicate |
| jocular |
given to or characterized by joking |
| inkhorn |
affectedly or ostentatiously learned |
| nonplus |
render utterly perplexed |
| bailiwick |
person's specific area of knowledge, authority, interest, skill, or work |
| sotto voce |
spoken low or in an undertone |
| heterogeneous |
consisting of dissimilar elements |
| nettlesome |
causing irritation, vexation, or distress |
| clamber |
climb with difficulty, or on all fours |
| bricolage |
construction or something constructed by using whatever materials happen to be available |
| hobbledehoy |
awkward, gawky young fellow |
| chortle |
utter, or express with, a snorting, exultant laugh or chuckle |
| rapprochement |
establishment or state of cordial relations |
| undulant |
resembling waves in form, motion, or occurrence |
| teetotaler |
one pledged to abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| acrimony |
bitter, harsh, or biting sharpness |
| connubial |
of or pertaining to marriage |
| martinet |
strict disciplinarian |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious |
| ossify |
harden or to become bone |
| nonpareil |
having no equal |
| comely |
pleasing to the sight |
| solicitous |
manifesting, expressing, or full of care or concern |
| apotheosis |
model of excellence or perfection of a kind |
| incommunicado |
without means or right to communicate |
| jocular |
given to or characterized by joking |
| inkhorn |
affectedly or ostentatiously learned |
| nonplus |
render utterly perplexed |
| bailiwick |
person's specific area of knowledge, authority, interest, skill, or work |
| sotto voce |
spoken low or in an undertone |
| heterogeneous |
consisting of dissimilar elements |
| nettlesome |
causing irritation, vexation, or distress |
| clamber |
climb with difficulty, or on all fours |
| bricolage |
construction or something constructed by using whatever materials happen to be available |
| hobbledehoy |
awkward, gawky young fellow |
| chortle |
utter, or express with, a snorting, exultant laugh or chuckle |
| rapprochement |
establishment or state of cordial relations |
| undulant |
resembling waves in form, motion, or occurrence |
| teetotaler |
one pledged to abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
