April 2007
Word of the Day from dictionary.com
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- cavort
- to bound or prance about.
- trice
- an instant; a moment.
- refractory
- stubbornly disobedient.
- indigence
- extreme poverty.
- efficacious
- producing, or capable of producing, a desired effect.
- tenet
- any opinion, principle, or doctrine held to be true.
- arriviste
- an upstart.
- rivulet
- a small stream or brook.
- putsch
- an attempt to overthrow a government.
- apostasy
- desertion or departure from one's faith, principles, or party.
- prolix
- wordy.
- circumspect
- cautious; prudent.
- jocular
- given to or characterized by joking.
- bedaub
- to besmear; also, to overdecorate.
- impugn
- to call in question; to make insinuations against.
- toper
- a drunkard; a sot.
- spoonerism
- the transposition of usually initial sounds in a pair of words.
- argot
- a specialized vocabulary peculiar to a particular group.
- quagmire
- a predicament.
- errant
- wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving.
- ukase
- an edict.
- prepotency
- predominance.
- gregarious
- seeking and enjoying the company of others.
- clarion
- a kind of trumpet; also, loud and clear.
- deign
- to condescend.
- supplant
- to take the place of.
- brio
- vigor; vivacity.
- accede
- to agree or assent; also, to become a party.
- abecedarian
- pertaining to the alphabet; also, rudimentary; also, a beginner.
- obviate
- to anticipate and dispose of or make unnecessary.