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Word of the Day Archives: August 2006

Word List with 22 words
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tchotchke
noun
trinket
frisson
noun
brief moment of intense excitement
equivocate
verb
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
ratiocination
noun
process of reasoning
portend
verb
foreshadow
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gainsay
verb
contradict
canard
noun
unfounded or false report
vainglory
noun
excessive pride or vain display
sinecure
noun
office or position that involves little work or responsibility
quondam
adjective
former
constitutional
noun
walk taken for one's health
fulsome
adjective
offensive from excess of praise
protean
adjective
readily assuming different shapes or forms
nadir
noun
lowest point
expatiate
verb
speak or write at length
farrago
noun
assortment
bete noire
noun
something or someone particularly detested or avoided
palimpsest
noun
object or place whose older layers or aspects are apparent
segue
verb
proceed without interruption
fin de siecle
adjective
characteristic of the close of the century
cynosure
noun
center of attention
descry
verb
catch sight of

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