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Word of the Day Archive
January 2001
- acclimate: to accustom or become accustomed to a new climate, environment, or situation.
- stentorian: extremely loud.
- expeditious: characterized by speed and efficiency.
- proselytize: to convert (someone) to another religion, belief, etc.
- equable: equal and uniform; also, not easily disturbed.
- sacrosanct: sacred; inviolable.
- indefatigable: untiring.
- gravid: pregnant.
- hyperbole: extravagant exaggeration.
- funereal: pertaining to or suiting a funeral; gloomy; mournful.
- flibbertigibbet: a silly, flighty, or excessively talkative person.
- vet: to subject to thorough appraisal; to evaluate.
- acme: the highest point of something.
- efface: to cause to disappear by rubbing out, striking out, etc.
- stanch: to stop the flowing of; to check.
- aggress: to make an attack.
- excursus: a digression.
- cataract: a large waterfall; also, a downpour, a flood.
- mazy: resembling a maze; intricate or confusing.
- entreat: to ask for or request earnestly.
- hypnagogic: leading to sleep; hypnotic.
- florid: flushed with red; also, excessively ornate.
- leitmotif: a dominant and recurring theme.
- bon ton: the height of the fashion; fashionable society.
- fungible: interchangeable.
- transmogrify: to transform.
- benefaction: the act of conferring a benefit; also, a benefit conferred.
- salutary: beneficial; also, healthful.
- interstice: a space between things or parts.
- neophyte: a novice.
- dyspeptic: pertaining to or having indigestion; also, irritable or ill-humored.
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