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Word of the Day Archives: 2003

Word List with 22 words
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scion
noun
descendant
acumen
adjective
quickness or keenness of perception or discernment
irascible
adjective
easily provoked to anger
desultory
adjective
jumping from subject to subject
slugabed
noun
one who stays in bed until a late hour
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aestival
adjective
of or belonging to the summer
lexicon
noun
dictionary
gamut
noun
complete extent or range
junta
noun
governmental council or committee, esp. one that rules after a revolution
virtu
noun
love of or taste for fine objects of art
abscond
verb
depart secretly
quorum
noun
such a number of the officers or members of any body as is legally competent to transact business
vexillology
noun
study of flags
taw
noun
large marble
chichi
adjective
affectedly trendy
redoubt
noun
stronghold
arbitrage
noun
nearly simultaneous purchase and sale of an asset in order to profit from price discrepancies
captious
adjective
disposed to find fault or raise objections
agog
adverb
in eager desire
mordant
adjective
biting
regale
verb
entertain with something that delights
cogent
adjective
appealing to the mind or to reason

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