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Word of the Day Archives: March 2008

Word List with 29 words
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contrite
adjective
feeling or expressing grief and regret for sins or offenses
histrionic
adjective
theatrical
adage
noun
old saying
dissimulate
verb
hide under a false appearance
billet-doux
noun
love letter
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maelstrom
noun
large, powerful whirlpool
explicate
verb
explain
apprise
verb
give notice to
veritable
adjective
real
bellicose
adjective
inclined to or favoring war or strife
mimetic
adjective
imitative
hortatory
adjective
serving to encourage or incite
cerebration
noun
act or product of thinking
valetudinarian
noun
weak or sickly person
pernicious
adjective
deadly
vapid
adjective
flat
limn
verb
draw or paint
melange
noun
mixture
dyspeptic
adjective
pertaining to or having indigestion
neophyte
noun
novice
interstice
noun
space between things or parts
salutary
adjective
beneficial
benefaction
noun
act of conferring a benefit
transmogrify
verb
transform
fungible
adjective
interchangeable
bon ton
noun
height of the fashion
leitmotif
noun
dominant and recurring theme
florid
adjective
flushed with red
hypnagogic
adjective
inducing sleep

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