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Word of the Day Archives: January 2011

Word List with 31 words
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autoschediastical
n.
something that is improvised or extemporized.
cacoethes
n.
an irresistible urge; mania.
concupiscible
adj.
worthy of being desired.
felicitate
v.t.
to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
jobbery
n.
the conduct of public or official business for the sake of improper private gain.
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katzenjammer
n.
the discomfort and illness experienced as the aftereffects of excessive drinking; hangover.
lickerish
adj.
fond of and eager for choice food.
spirituel
adj.
showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.
plenipotentiary
invested with full power.
nostrum
a questionable remedy.
descry
to catch sight of; to detect.
exculpate
to clear from alleged guilt or fault.
prevaricate
to depart from or evade the truth; to lie.
chatoyant
changing in luster or color.
sockdolager
a decisive blow or remark.
byzantine
complex or intricate.
mansuetude
mildness; gentleness.
creolize
to combine local and foreign elements into a new, distinct whole.
klatsch
a casual gathering of people, esp. for refreshments and informal conversation.
offal
the edible internal parts of an animal, such as the heart, liver, and tongue.
fain
gladly; willingly.
grangerize
to add to the visual content of a book by inserting images not included in the original volume, often by mutilating other books.
totemic
pertaining to an object or natural phenomenon with which a family or group considers itself closely related.
lollop
to move forward with a bounding or leaping motion.
homograph
a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not.
paphian
of or pertaining to love, esp. illicit physical love.
dharna
the practice of exacting justice by sitting at the doorstep of an offender until the demand is granted.
gung-ho
wholeheartedly enthusiastic and loyal.
rakish
smart; jaunty; dashing.
vulpine
cunning or crafty.
thimblerig
to cheat or swindle, as in the traditional shell game known as thimblerig.

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