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Word of the Day Archives: May 2008

Word List with 31 words
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swan song
noun
final or farewell appearance, action, or pronouncement
abstruse
adjective
difficult to comprehend
plaudit
noun
enthusiastic approval
mendicant
noun
beggar
pulchritude
noun
beauty
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furtive
adjective
obtained or characterized by stealth
bevy
noun
group
internecine
adjective
destructive
politic
adjective
political
raiment
noun
clothing in general
distrait
adjective
divided or withdrawn in attention, especially because of anxiety
potboiler
noun
usually inferior literary or artistic work, produced quickly for the purpose of making money
nepotism
noun
favoritism shown to members of one's family
myriad
noun
consisting of a very great but indefinite number
hullabaloo
noun
confused noise
flaneur
noun
one who strolls about aimlessly
apologia
noun
formal defense or justification
fillip
noun
snap
galvanic
adjective
pertaining to a direct current of electricity
appellation
noun
name, title, or designation
ignoble
adjective
not noble
luminary
noun
any body that gives light
spry
adjective
nimble
effete
adjective
infertile
insuperable
adjective
incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome
overweening
adjective
overbearing
nimbus
noun
dark gray rain cloud
vagary
noun
extravagant, erratic, or unpredictable notion, action, or occurrence
small beer
noun
weak beer
abulia
noun
loss or impairment of the ability to act or to make decisions
puckish
adjective
whimsical

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