Word of the Day Archive for 2012

brindled - having dark streaks or spots on a gray or tawny ground
cosher - to treat with fondness
intestable - not capable of making a will
conglobate - to form into a ball or globe
gazump - raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price
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weald - a wooded region or forest
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dharma - basic principles of the cosmos
gubernatorial - of or pertaining to a governor
meretricious - based on pretense; false or insincere
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gastronome - a connoisseur or lover of good food and drink
milksop - an effeminate or weak-minded person
maladroit - lacking adroitness; clumsy; awkward; inept; unskillful
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bemoan - to express deep grief for by moaning or weeping
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timorous - suffering from nervousness; timid; fearful
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interregnum - the time during which a throne is vacant between two reigns
hermitage - the habitation of a hermit; a secluded residence
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profuse - produced or growing in extreme abundance
catarrh - inflammation of a mucous membrane
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mansuetude - mildness; gentleness; tameness
bailiwick - the district or jurisdiction of a bailiff
hypnagogic - of or relating to the state of drowsiness preceding sleep
yin - the dark negative feminine principle in Chinese philosophy
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hiemal - of or pertaining to winter; wintry
aporia - an irresolvable internal contradiction in an argument
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usufruct - the right to use the property of another without damaging it
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glace - coated with icing; iced; glazed
jointure - an estate given to a woman upon marriage, to be owned by her after her husband's death
lollop - to move with a bobbing, drooping motion
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sirocco - a hot or warm southerly wind, especially one in the warm sector of a cyclone
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vespertine - of or pertaining to the evening; happening or being in the evening
eschatological - pertaining to the last or final things
morganatic - of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank
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yarely - lively; quick; agile
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callithump - a boisterous parade
nervure - one of the nerves of leaves
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knavery - petty villainy; fraud; trickery; unprincipled
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dearth - an insufficient supply; lack; scarcity
jujitsu - a method of self-defense without weapons
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