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Word of the Day Archives: August 2007

Word List with 19 words
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nugatory
adjective
insignificant
truckle
verb
act in a subservient manner
dilettante
noun
amateur
excoriate
verb
express strong disapproval of
ascetic
noun
one who practices extreme self-denial
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rusticate
verb
go or send to the country
dudgeon
noun
state or fit of intense indignation
avoirdupois
noun
weight
tendentious
adjective
marked by a strong tendency in favor of a particular point of view
verisimilitude
noun
quality of seeming to be true
consanguineous
adjective
related by blood
termagant
noun
scolding, nagging, bad-tempered woman
malleable
adjective
capable of being shaped
palaver
noun
idle talk
disparate
adjective
fundamentally different
contradistinction
noun
distinction by contrast
fustian
noun
pompous or pretentious language
euphonious
adjective
pleasing or sweet in sound
gauche
adjective
lacking social polish

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