Word of the Day Archive
August 2007
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- wayworn: wearied by traveling.
- brackish: somewhat salty; also, distasteful.
- parse: to analyze.
- jeremiad: a doleful story; also, a dolorous or angry tirade..
- nuptial: of or pertaining to marriage.
- quixotic: foolishly impractical; also, capricious, impulsive.
- levity: frivolity.
- abed: in bed.
- diaphanous: allowing light to pass through.
- aggress: to make an attack.
- en masse: all together; as a whole.
- nebbish: a weak-willed, timid, or ineffectual person.
- bellicose: inclined to or favoring war or strife.
- commensurate: equal in measure or extent; also, proportionate.
- plenipotentiary: invested with full power.
- tattoo: a rapid, rhythmic drumming or rapping.
- agitprop: propaganda.
- masticate: to chew.
- temporize: to be indecisive or evasive in order to gain time; also, to go with the times.
- faction: a usually contentious group or party; also, internal dissension.
- indurate: to make hard; to harden.
- manumit: to free from slavery or servitude.
- amicable: characterized by friendliness and good will.
- effrontery: shameless boldness; insolence.
- mulct: to defraud.
- gravitas: high seriousness.
- atelier: a workshop; a studio.
- pukka: genuine, authentic, or good; proper.
- cajole: to coax.
- supernal: being on high; celestial.
- egregious: outrageously bad.
