Word of the Day Archive
August 2006
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- prima facie: at first view.
- supercilious: disdainfully arrogant.
- concatenation: a chain; a succession.
- inveigh: to rail (against some person or thing).
- sough: to make a soft, low sighing or rustling sound.
- avuncular: resembling an uncle, as in kindness or indulgence.
- peremptory: precluding or putting an end to all debate or action.
- ascribe: to attribute.
- compunction: anxiety or unease from guilt; also, a scruple.
- animus: a feeling of ill will; also, animating spirit; disposition.
- piebald: mottled; also, mixed.
- eremite: a hermit.
- corroborate: to strengthen or make more certain with other evidence.
- fatuous: inanely foolish; stupid; also, illusory.
- arrogate: to claim or seize without right or justification.
- chary: wary; cautious.
- fortuitous: happening by chance.
- adumbrate: to foreshadow; prefigure.
- supposititious: fraudulently substituted; also, hypothetical.
- renege: to go back on a promise or commitment.
- vagary: an extravagant, erratic, or unpredictable notion, action, or occurrence.
- tete-a-tete: a private conversation.
- expiate: to make amends for; to atone for.
- denizen: an inhabitant.
- robustious: boisterous; vigorous.
- provender: food or provisions.
- habitue: one who habitually frequents a place.
- aegis: a shield; protection.
- sui generis: unique.
- requisite: required; indispensable.
- explicate: to explain.
