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Word of the Day Archives: Winter 2006

Word List with 38 words
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desuetude
noun
disuse
animadversion
noun
harsh criticism or disapproval
gourmand
noun
one who enjoys good food in great quantities
sybarite
noun
person devoted to luxury and pleasure
chimerical
adjective
merely imaginary
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doppelganger
noun
ghostly double
crepuscular
adjective
pertaining to twilight
potable
adjective
drinkable
wayworn
adjective
wearied by traveling
circumlocution
noun
use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few
inchoate
adjective
partly but not fully in existence or operation
sesquipedalian
adjective
of words long
flout
verb
treat with contempt and disregard
proclivity
noun
natural inclination
nefarious
adjective
wicked in the extreme
aesthete
noun
one who cultivates great sensitivity to beauty
philomath
noun
lover of learning
contumely
noun
rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt
foment
verb
nurse to life or activity
vituperate
verb
overwhelm with wordy abuse
legerdemain
adjective
sleight of hand
reticent
adjective
inclined to keep silent
precocious
adjective
characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development
disheveled
adjective
in loose disorder
aplomb
noun
confidence
beholden
adjective
obliged
autocrat
noun
ruler with unlimited authority
ostracize
verb
banish or expel
voluble
adjective
characterized by a ready flow of speech
skulk
verb
hide in a sneaking manner
hauteur
noun
haughtiness
lackadaisical
adjective
lacking spirit or liveliness
misnomer
noun
misnaming
exacerbate
verb
aggravate
noisome
adjective
offensive or disgusting
affable
adjective
easy to speak to
banal
adjective
commonplace
obdurate
adjective
hardened in feelings or in wrongdoing

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