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Word of the Day Archives: Fall 2005

Word List with 41 words
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ineluctable
adjective
impossible to avoid or evade
prescience
noun
knowledge of events before they take place
erroneous
adjective
containing or characterized by error
exalt
verb
praise, glorify, or honor
copious
adjective
large in quantity
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paroxysm
noun
outburst
recondite
adjective
difficult to understand
enervate
verb
weaken
maudlin
adjective
excessively sentimental
confluence
noun
flowing or coming together
en masse
adjective
all together
taciturn
adjective
not inclined to talk
complement
noun
something that fills up or completes
fatuous
adjective
inanely foolish
autodidact
noun
one who is self-taught
paucity
noun
fewness
tortuous
adjective
marked by repeated turns and bends
intransigent
adjective
uncompromising
indolent
adjective
lazy
munificent
adjective
very generous
specious
adjective
apparently right but not so in reality
quotidian
noun
occurring daily
evanescent
adjective
fleeting
perforce
adverb
by necessity
facile
adjective
easily done or performed
métier
noun
occupation, especially in which one excels
chagrin
noun
acute vexation or embarrassment
juju
noun
object superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
sedulous
adjective
diligent in application or pursuit
polyglot
adjective
speaking or containing many languages
impecunious
adjective
habitually without money
edify
verb
instruct and improve
dilatory
adjective
given to, or marked by, procrastination or delay
riparian
adjective
of or pertaining to the bank of a river
parvenu
noun
upstart
tumult
noun
commotion or agitation of a crowd
apposite
adjective
of striking appropriateness and relevance
winsome
adjective
light-hearted
incongruous
adjective
lacking in harmony
dour
adjective
stern or unyielding or gloomy
eleemosynary
adjective
relating to charity

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