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Word of the Day Archives: November 2007

Word List with 25 words
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deus ex machina
noun
agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an apparently insoluble difficulty
pugilist
noun
boxer
sapient
adjective
wise
ineffectual
adjective
without effect
succinct
adjective
brief
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exigency
noun
state of requiring immediate action
perquisite
noun
benefit in addition to a salary
apparition
noun
ghost
mountebank
noun
quack
pettifogger
noun
petty, unscrupulous lawyer
amity
noun
friendship
extraneous
adjective
coming from the outside
Promethean
adjective
of or pertaining to Prometheus
pertinacious
adjective
holding obstinately to a belief, purpose or design
orotund
adjective
full in sound
bromide
noun
commonplace or conventional saying
titivate
verb
make decorative additions to
cadre
noun
core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed
coquetry
noun
flirtation
proscribe
verb
forbid
purdah
noun
social seclusion
circumambient
adjective
surrounding
lexicography
noun
writing or compiling of dictionaries
interregnum
noun
interval between two reigns
ignoramus
noun
ignorant person

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