Word of the Day Archive
November 2009
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- irenic: promoting peace.
- truculent: fierce; savage; ferocious.
- sommelier: a waiter, as in a club or restaurant, who is in charge of wines.
- skulduggery: devious, dishonest, or unscrupulous behavior or activity.
- maunder: to talk or wander aimlessly.
- felicitous: apt or appropriate; also, delightful.
- abeyance: suspension; temporary cessation.
- billet: to provide or obtain lodging.
- fungible: interchangeable.
- soporific: causing sleep; also, something that causes sleep.
- forfend: to avert; also, to protect or preserve.
- asseverate: to affirm or declare positively or earnestly.
- carapace: a shell; a protective covering.
- quiescent: at rest; still; inactive.
- agog: in eager desire.
- hoi polloi: the common people; the masses.
- perseverate: to repeat something insistently or redundantly.
- exegesis: critical explanation or analysis, especially of a text.
- obfuscate: to make obscure or unclear; also, to darken.
- billingsgate: foul, abusive language.
- germane: appropriate or fitting; relevant.
- affable: easy to speak to; also, gracious.
- benison: blessing; an utterance of good wishes.
- martinet: a strict disciplinarian.
- Brobdingnagian: gigantic; enormous.
- provender: food or provisions.
- gourmand: one who enjoys good food in great quantities.
- rusticate: to go or send to the country.
- malleable: capable of being shaped; also, adaptable.
- couture: the high-fashion clothing created by designers.
