Word of the Day
I like reading and occasionally come across new words.
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Internecine - Of or relating to a struggle within a nation, organization, or group; involving, or accompanied by mutual slaughter; mutually destructive.
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Corpuscles - An unattached body cell, uch as a blood or lymph cell; A discrete particle, such as a photon or an electron.
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Malaise - A vague feeling of bodily discomfot, as at he beginning of an illness.
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Beget - To produce (offspring) by sexual reproduction. Used especially of a man.
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Spurious - Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine.
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Innocuous - Having no adverse effect; harmless.
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A copying machine that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed; it was invented by Edison.
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Estuary - A coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge.
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Redd - A spawning nest made by a fish, especially salmon or trout.
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Insuperable - Impossible to overcome; insurmountable.
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Emeritus - Retired, but retaining an honorific version of previous title; especially used with professor.
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Veritable - Agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; real; true; genuine.
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Zeal - Enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal.
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Blithe - Carefree and lighthearted; lacking or showing a lack of due concern.
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Intimation - Announcement; declaration.
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Contingency - A possibility that must be prepared for; a future emergency.
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Moribund - Approaching death; about to die.
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Biota - The living organisms of a region or habitat.
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Porterhouse - A cut of beef taken from the thick end of the short loin, having a T-bone and a sizable piece of tenderloin.
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Impunity - Exemption from punishment, penalty, or harm.
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Paisley - Having a colorful swirled pattern of abstract curved shapes. Used especially of fabric. building or bridge.
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Girder - A beam, as of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or bridge.
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Blitzed - Drunk or intoxicated; completely inebriated.
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Livery - A business that offers vehicles, such as automobiles or boats, for hire.
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Delirium Tremens - A rapid onset of confusion usually caused by withdrawl from alcohol.
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Sallow - Having a yellowsih color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow.
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Euphony - Agreeable sound, especially in the phonetic quality of words.
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Torpid - Sluggish, lethargic, or inactive.
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Solipsism - The theory that the self is the only thing that can be known and verified.
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Darn - To mend (a germent, for example) by weaving thread or yarn across a gap or hole.
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Abase - To lower in rank, prestige, or esteem; debase.
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Demur - An objection.
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Febrile - Of, relating to, or characterized by fever; feverish.
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Fatuous - Foolish or silly, especially in a smug or self-satisfied way.
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Cadge - To beg or get by begging.
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Gambol - To leap about playfully; frolic.
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Parlance - A particular manner of speaking; idiom.
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Anathema - A vehement denunciation; a curse.
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Corporeal - Of, relating to, or characteristic of the body; bodily.
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Fastidious - Showing or acting with careful attention to detail.
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Fecund - Capable of producing offspring or vegetation; fruitful.
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Deride - To laught at, speak of, or write about dismissively or contemptuously.
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Bigamy - The criminal offense of marrying one person while still legally married to another.
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Monomania - Pathological obsession with one idea or subject.
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Defile - A narrow pass or gorge between mountains or hills.
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Gulch - A small ravine, especially one cut by a torrent.
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Anachronism - One that is out of its proper or chronological order, especially a person or practice that belongs to an earlier time.
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Garrulous - Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talks; tiresomely talkative.
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Handsel - A gift to express wishes at the beginning of a new year or enterprise.
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Spencer - A short jacket worn by men and by women.
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Peal - A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, of a multitude, etc. building.
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Vestibule - A small entrance hall or passage between the outer door and the interior of a house or building.
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Rueful - Causing, feelings, or expressing sorrow or regret.
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Quay - A wharf or reinforced bank for the loading or unloading of ships or boats.
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Flout - To ignore or disregard (a rule or convention, for example) in an open or defiant way.
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Plaintive - Expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy.
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Uncouth - Crude; unrefinded.
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Adulation - Excessive flattery or admiration.
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Humbug - Something intended to deceive; a hoax or fraud.
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Rankle - To cause persistent irritation or resentment.
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Assiduous - Showing or characterized by persistent attention or untiring application; diligent.
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Grange - A farm, especially the residence and outbuildings of a gentleman farmer.
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Capacious - Capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy.
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Shoal - A shallow place in a body of water.
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Odious - Arousing or deserving hatred or strong dislike; offensive.
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Avaricious - Immoderately desirous of weealth or gain; greedy.
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Malady - A disease, disorder, or ailment.
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Phaeton - A light four-wheeled open carriage, usually drawn by a pair of horses.
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Incredulous - Skeptical; disbelieving.
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Sinecure - A position or office that requires little or no work but provides a salary.
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Inimical - Injurious or harmful in effect; adverse.
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Prosaic - Matter-of-fact; straightforward.
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Reticent - Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself.
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Mote - A very small particle; a speck.
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Fetid - Having an offensive odor.