Word of the Day Archive
December 2007

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1. cavalcade: a procession.
2. vicissitude: a change in condition or fortune.
3. soporific: causing sleep; also, something that causes sleep.
4. profuse: plentiful; copious.
5. tarradiddle: a fib; also, pretentious nonsense.
6. deracinate: to uproot.
7. surly: ill-humored; sullen and gruff.
8. mendicant: a beggar.
9. rapprochement: the establishment or state of cordial relations.
10. perspicacity: clearness of understanding.
11. artifice: an artful trick, stratagem or device; also, cleverness, skill.
12. dishabille: the state of being carelessly or partially dressed.
13. cacophony: harsh or discordant sound.
14. frangible: capable of being broken; easily broken.
15. draconian: excessively harsh; severe.
16. complement: something that fills up or completes.
17. unfledged: not fully developed; immature.
18. pari passu: at an equal pace or rate.
19. discursive: digressive; rambling; also, marked by analytical reasoning.
20. tocsin: a warning.
21. finical: finicky.
22. calumny: malicious misrepresentation; slander.
23. persiflage: frivolous or bantering talk.
24. amity: friendship; friendly relations.
25. benefaction: the act of conferring a benefit; also, a benefit conferred.
26. hermitage: a secluded residence; a retreat.
27. gnomic: uttering, containing, or characterized by maxims.
28. multifarious: having great diversity or variety.
29. bibulous: of, pertaining to, marked by, or given to the consumption of alcohol.
30. gelid: extremely cold; icy.
31. ebullient: high-spirited.