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Word of the Day Archives: April 2007

Word List with 23 words
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extirpate
verb
eradicate
rapacious
adjective
grasping
febrile
adjective
feverish
ribald
adjective
characterized by, or given to, vulgar humor
kitsch
noun
art in pretentious bad taste
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monomania
noun
obsession with a single subject
importunate
adjective
troublesomely urgent
abrogate
verb
annul
admonition
adjective
gentle or friendly reproof
hirsute
noun
covered with hair or bristles
ruminate
verb
chew the cud
scapegrace
noun
one who is wild and reckless
rara avis
noun
rare or unique person or thing
immure
verb
imprison
plangent
adjective
beating with a loud or deep sound
malodorous
noun
having a bad odor
wastrel
noun
person who wastes
apothegm
noun
short, witty, and instructive saying
moribund
adjective
dying
rubicund
adjective
inclining to redness
supernal
adjective
being on high
harangue
noun
speech addressed to a public assembly
sempiternal
adjective
everlasting

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