Words, Words are all I have

WOTD - 24 Feb 2006

2006-02-24T00:25:00.000-08:00

DEE - English river; River that flows in England and Scotland
ANTIC - CAPER; A ludicrous or extravagant act or gesture done for fun and amusement
TEE - Golf peg; A small peg with a concave top for holding a golf ball for an initial drive
PEG - A small cylindrical or tapered pin, as of wood, used to fasten things or plug a hole
AEGEAN - Greek sea; An arm of the Mediterranean Sea off southeast Europe between Greece and Turkey
CLEMATIS - Plant; Any of various ornamental, mostly climbing plants of the genus Clematis, native chiefly to northern temperate regions and having showy, variously colored flowers or decorative fruit clusters
BANISH - Exile; To force to leave a country or place by official decree
PEN - Enclosure; A fenced enclosure for animals
CATALAN - European language; The Romance language spoken especially in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Andorra, and the Roussillon region of France
LEE - Shelter; An area sheltered from the wind
EGRET - Wading bird; Heron
DRAWL - To speak with lengthened or drawn-out vowels
GYRATE - To revolve around a fixed point or axis

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SAUCE - Impudence; The quality of being offensively bold

Just to re-emphasise:
WOOFER - Low speaker; a loudspeaker that reproduces lower audio frequency sounds

WOTD - 23 Feb 2006

2006-02-23T02:59:00.000-08:00

STASH - Hidden store;A secret place where something is hidden or stored; Something, such as money or an illegal drug, that has been hidden or stored
LOT - Auction item; a single article, a number of units of an article, or a parcel of articles offered as one item
LOCUST - Insect; Any of numerous grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, often migrating in immense swarms that devour vegetation and crops
PERCEPTIVE - Astute; keen in discernment
REMUNERATE - Repay; compensate; To pay (a person) a suitable equivalent in return for goods provided, services rendered, or losses incurred
DASH - PANACHE; distinctive and stylish elegance
BEWAIL - To cry over; lament

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LINER - Passenger ship; A large commercial ship or airplane, especially one carrying passengers on a regular route

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LIMB - Leg; One of the jointed appendages of an animal, such as an arm, leg, wing, or flipper, used for locomotion or grasping
MORON - Fool; Dolt, a person who is not very bright.
STAFF - Rod; A stick or cane carried as an aid in walking or climbing
SPOUT - Nozzle; A tube, mouth, or pipe through which liquid is released or discharged
STRAYED - Erred; wander from a direct course

WOTD - 22 Feb 2006

2006-02-21T23:17:00.000-08:00

VERONA - Italian city; A city of northern Italy on the Adige River west of Venice
CREPT - Sneaked; To move stealthily or cautiously
RATTY - Bad-tempered; Irritable
FLOURISH - A showy or ceremonious passage
INEPT - Awkward; not elegant or graceful in expression
GAMBOL - play boisterously
GAB - To talk idly or incessantly, as about trivial matters
GIFT OF GAB - Talent for verbal fluency, especially the ability to talk persuasively

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BEAST - Bully; A brutal, contemptible person
MERITED - Deserved
ALIEN - Strange
SLING - Throw; as in with a catapult
FANFARE - Brass fluorish; A loud flourish of brass instruments, especially trumpets; A spectacular public display
CORONA - Halo; A circular band of colored light around a light source, as around the sun or moon, caused by the refraction and reflection of light by ice particles suspended in the intervening atmosphere.

WOTD - 21 Feb 2006

2006-02-21T23:14:00.000-08:00

DOUSE - Extinguish; To put out (a light or fire); drench
CLOUT - Influence; special advantage; pull
CRUSTACEAN - Lobster; any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
BOG - Swamp; An area of soft, naturally waterlogged ground
ITEM - Detail; A bit of information; an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
HEARTY - Vigorous; robust
TUN - Barrel; A large cask for liquids, especially wine
HEROD - Biblical King; king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC)
HAREM - SERAGLIO; living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
TRUISM - Platitude; A self-evident truth; cliche
SCOUR - Search; To search through or over thoroughly
DOPE - Fool; A stupid person
REEL - revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; walk as if unable to control one's movements

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ABUTS - Adjoins;lie adjacent
ZONE - Sector

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RANCOUR - Bitterness; a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
ALLURE - Fascination; the power to entice or attract through personal charm
SLIME - Mud; A thick sticky slippery substance
DURABLE - Hard wearing
EUREKA - Cry of triumph

WOTD - 20 Feb 2006

2006-02-20T03:28:00.000-08:00

TOP HAT - Headwear Item; A man's hat having a narrow brim and a tall cylindrical crown, usually made of silk. Also called high hat.
TEMP - Office worker;A temporary worker, as in an office; To work as a temporary worker.
PHILISTINE - Barbarian;An insensitive, uncultured person
SMITHY - Forge;a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering;A blacksmith's shop
SAUCY - PERT;Impudently bold
CRETIN - Idiot;a person of subnormal intelligence
WHEREWITHAL - Means; The necessary means, especially financial means
HOLDUP - An interruption or a delay; robbery at gunpoint

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ONLOOKER - Witness; a spectator
SALESMAN - Rep
TRAIT - Characteristic

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TROT - Horse's gait; The gait of a horse or other four-footed animal, between a walk and a canter in speed, in which diagonal pairs of legs move forward together
HOOP - Circuit;Circle; Round figure
TRAMP - Vagrant; wanderer

WOTD - 17 Feb 2006

2006-02-17T00:43:00.000-08:00

EDAM - Dutch cheese; A mild, yellow Dutch cheese, pressed into balls and usually covered with red wax
DREDGE - Dig up; unearth
TALLOW - Animal fat; Hard fat obtained from parts of the bodies of cattle, sheep, or horses, and used in foodstuffs or to make candles, leather dressing, soap, and lubricants.
HALIBUT - Fish; Edible fishes of northern Atlantic or Pacific waters.
HADES - Hell; the world of the dead
TARRY - Dawdle
PENCE - Pennies; plural of Penny
SQUALL - A brief sudden violent windstorm, often accompanied by rain or snow
FERRIS WHEEL - An amusement ride consisting of a large upright rotating wheel having suspended seats that remain in a horizontal position as the wheel revolves

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ADHERENT - Fan; A supporter, as of a cause or individual

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HOVEL - Slum; A small, miserable dwelling
CAROUSEL - Merry go around; large mechanical apparatus with seats for children to ride on
BEDEVIL - Plague; To torment mercilessly
BIT - Section
GEN - Information; informal term for information
BELLOWS - Roars; To make the deep roaring sound characteristic of a bull; To shout in a deep voice

WOTD - 16 Feb 2006

2006-02-16T00:37:00.000-08:00

SPRIG - Shoot; A small shoot or twig of a plant
BUGLE - Brass instrument; A brass wind instrument somewhat shorter than a trumpet and lacking keys or valves
INTONED - Chanted; To recite in a singing tone;To utter in a monotone.
SPINET - Keyboard instrument; A small, compact upright piano
SLIP - Undergarment; A woman's undergarment of dress length with shoulder straps
SCRAWNY - lean

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MARINE - Of the sea
PANEL - Board; A thin wooden board, used as a surface for an oil painting; A board having switches or buttons to control an electric device.
REALM - Empire; A community or territory over which a sovereign rules
CHOSEN - Elite
CROON - Sing; To utter a series of words or sounds in musical tones;To vocalize songs or selections.
LAIR - Den; dwelling of a wild animal
REDEEM - To restore the honor, worth, or reputation of; To make up for

WOTD - 15 Feb 2006

2006-02-15T02:22:00.000-08:00

TATTER - SHRED; A torn and hanging piece of cloth
LARD - Animal fat; The white solid or semisolid rendered fat of a hog
SLIME - Mud; Soft moist earth
STEAD - Place; the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another
DRUID - Ancient priest; A member of an order of priests in ancient Gaul and Britain who appear in Welsh and Irish legend as prophets and sorcerers
BITUMEN - Viscous substance; Any of various flammable mixtures of hydrocarbons and other substances, occurring naturally or obtained by distillation from coal or petroleum
RIND - Peel; the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)
LUG - Drag; To drag or haul (an object) laboriously
CABERNET - Cabernet Sauvignon is a variety of red grape mainly used for wine production

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COL - Mountain pass
BOSS - Chief
INHIBIT - Constrain
DEFINED - Described

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BERATE - Scold
BEMUSE - Bewilder; confuse
LIVID - Furious
RELATED - Told
TOR - Hill
TOM - Male cat
BRIDLE - headgear for a horse

WOTD - 14 Feb 2006

2006-02-14T02:05:00.000-08:00

LEAD - Leash; A chain, rope, or strap attached to an animal to hold it in check.
CRASS - Stupid; So crude and unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
SWAGGER - PANACHE; a charisma or flair
STRUT - Pompous walk
FESTER - Decay; Rot
PEW - Church seat; One of the long, fixed, backed benches that are arranged in rows for the seating of a congregation in church
HOOLIGAN - LOUT; a cruel and brutal fellow
BLOATER - Smoked herring(Herring is a type of fish)
ENTREE - Dish; The main dish of a meal
SPURT - SPOUT; gush; A sudden short burst, as of energy, activity, or growth
BATH - Tub; A bathtub
CHARGER - Battle horse; A horse trained for battle; a cavalry horse
CROSS - Angry; frustration
SAUCE - Impudence; The quality of being offensively bold
PIVOT - Fulcrum; A short rod or shaft on which a related part rotates or swings
NESTLE - SNUGGLE;Cuddle; To lie or press close together
ASSAY - An analysis or examination
BEAGLE - One of a breed of small hounds having short legs, drooping ears, and a smooth coat with white, black, and tan markings.(Hound - Dog)
HALLOW - To respect or honor greatly; revere.

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TRAIL - Track; To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting
AWFULLY - Dreadfully
AVERSE - Opposed

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ANGLE - Corner; A sharp or projecting corner, as of a building
ASTER - Flower; Type of flower
MACAW - Tropical bird; type of parrot
FURORE - Uproar; a sudden outburst (as of protest)

WOTD - 13 Feb 2006

2006-02-12T23:24:00.000-08:00

SCAMP - Rascal; one who is playfully mischievous
CASK - Barrel; a cylindrical container that holds liquids
PATENT - Obvious
THICKSET - Sturdy; heavy and compact in form or stature
CAVORT - ROMP; To have lively or boisterous fun; to behave in a high-spirited, festive manner
NICK - Steal
POTTY - Crazy

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KINDLE - set alight
LATENT - dormant

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KAYAK - Canoe
TAVERN - Inn; An inn for travelers
KNEAD - To mix and work into a uniform mass, as by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands: kneading dough.
DENT - Hollow; A depression in a surface made by pressure or a blow

WOTD - 10 Feb 2006

2006-02-09T23:11:00.000-08:00

PIKER - A cautious gambler;A person regarded as petty or stingy
BENIN - African Country; country on western coast of Africa
ANUBIS - Egyptian God; jackal-headed Egyptian god of tombs; conducted dead to judgment
GRIT - GRAVEL; Mixture of sand
PITCH - Tar; Any of various thick, dark, sticky substances obtained from the distillation residue of coal tar, wood tar, or petroleum and used for waterproofing, roofing, caulking, and paving.
FERRET - Small mammal; A weasellike, usually albino mammal trained to hunt rats or rabbits.
LEA - Meadow; a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock

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DANGLE - Suspend
ROTATE - Turn
DECENT - Proper
LORE - Knowledge; Knowledge acquired through education or experience.
ENRAGE - Infuriate

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DECANTER - Winebottle; A vessel used for decanting, especially a decorative bottle used for serving wine.

WOTD - 09 Feb 2006

2006-02-09T00:51:00.000-08:00

COWER - Cringe; show submission or fear
TEND - Nurse; To have the care of; watch over; look after,To be an attendant or servant
MOPE - Brood; To be gloomy or dejected.
MUSTY - Stale;Unclean smelling;Having lost freshness, effervescence, or palatability
CUDGEL - A short heavy stick; a club

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SENDS - Posts
FACILE - Easy
ATONE - Make amends for
RELATE - Inform
IMPEND - Loom; To be about to occur
DOE - Female deer
SKINFLINT - Miser

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BRAID - PLAIT; To style (the hair) by interweaving
ENAMEL - Tooth covering; The hard, calcareous substance covering the exposed portion of a tooth
SEDAN - Type of chair; A portable enclosed chair for one person, having poles in the front and rear and carried by two other people
SAMOVAR - Tea Urn
OVERDO - Exaggerate

WOTD - 08 Feb 2006

2006-02-09T00:42:00.000-08:00

TRAMP - VAGRANT; One who travels aimlessly about on foot, doing odd jobs or begging for a living
HER - Possessive pronoun (There are seven possessive pronouns in modern English: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs)
VANITY - Conceit; Excessive pride in one's appearance or accomplishments
DOWAGER - Titled widow; A widow who holds a title or property derived from her deceased husband
MONEYED - Rich
DIVAN - SETTEE; A small or medium-sized sofa
SEW - Dam
VENISON - Deer meat
DACHA - Russian villa; A Russian country house
SLEEPER - Track support; one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
GRIMY - Dirty
MORTAR - Explosive; A portable, muzzleloading cannon used to fire shells at low velocities, short ranges, and high trajectories

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RATIO - Proportion

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RENAL - Of the kidneys
DEFER - Postpone
PREEN - Primp

WOTD - 07 Feb 2006

2006-02-07T00:30:00.000-08:00

ASCOT - Race meeting; Ascot is a large village in the English county of Berkshire.Ascot is most famous as the location of Ascot Racecourse, home of the prestigious Royal Ascot meeting
OSIER - Willow; any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture
APACHE - Red Indian; A Native American people inhabiting the southwest United States and northern Mexico
SLOOP - Sailing vessel; A single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat with a short standing bowsprit or none at all and a single headsail set from the forestay
MAHON - Minorcan capital
PAELLA - Spanish dish; A saffron-flavored Spanish dish made with varying combinations of rice, vegetables, meat, chicken, and seafood
HIDING - Beating; To beat severely; flog
POSIT - Assume; To assume the existence of; postulate
DODO - Extinct bird; extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons
- One who is out-of-date, as in dress or ideas
- A stupid person; an idiot.
TYPHUS - any of various bacterial diseases caused by rickettsial bacteria, especially those transmitted by fleas, lice, or mites, and characterized generally by severe headache, sustained high fever, depression, delirium, and the eruption of red rashes on the skin

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STREW - Scatter

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PIG IRON - Moulded metal; crude iron tapped from a blast furnace
BOOTY - Loot; Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war;Goods or property seized by force or piracy
FLOUT - (V) To show contempt for; scorn;
- (N) A contemptuous action or remark; an insult.

WOTD - 06 Feb 2006

2006-02-06T01:29:00.000-08:00

MOAT - Water filled ditch; ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
SPIRE - STEEPLE; A tall tower forming the superstructure of a building, such as a church or temple and that tapers to a point at the top
MINSTER - Church; any of certain cathedrals and large churches; originally connected to a monastery
GULLY - Ravine; A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water
DAFT - Silly; Mad; crazy.Foolish; stupid
COUPE - A closed four-wheel carriage with two seats inside and one outside.
- A dessert of ice cream or fruit-flavored ice, garnished and served in a special dessert glass.
SNITCH - To steal
- A thief,An informer

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RID - Free
ENTITLED - Permitted

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CURT - Terse

WOTD - 03 Feb 2006

2006-02-03T04:38:00.000-08:00

INDOLENT - Lazy
MOTET - Religious song; A polyphonic composition based on a sacred text and usually sung without accompaniment
FRINGE - Margin;Periphery,border
SOVEREIGN - Ruler
GROOM - Horse attendant; A person employed to take care of horses or a stable
TACKS - Nails
FRET - Worry
RAVE - Rant, To speak wildly, irrationally, or incoherently
USURP - To take over or occupy without right
SEXTON - An employee or officer of a church who is responsible for the care and upkeep of church property and sometimes for ringing bells and digging graves.

WOTD - 02 Feb 2006

2006-02-02T02:17:00.000-08:00

GREEN - naive;not mature or ripe, lacking training or experience
PUTTY - stiff paste; A doughlike cement made by mixing whiting and linseed oil, used to fill holes in woodwork and secure panes of glass.
HERON - wading bird
SAS - crack team; Special Air Service: a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations
ASTER - Flower; a type of flower
APPAL - Horrify; Appall
USHER - Guide;escort,One who is employed to escort people to their seats, as in a theater, church, or stadium
PORTAL - Gate; A doorway, entrance, or gate, especially one that is large and imposing.
ENTAIL - Bring about; To have, impose, or require as a necessary accompaniment or consequence
BERET - Brimless cap(Brim - A projecting rim or edge: the brim of a hat)
TENON - type of a saw
HAMSTER - Rodent; A small Eurasian rodent
HAMPER - Picnic basket; A large basket, usually with a cover.
RIBALD - BAWDY;humorously vulgar,someone who uses vulgar and offensive language
CODGER - A somewhat eccentric man, especially an old one

WOTD - 01 Feb 2006

2006-01-31T23:16:00.000-08:00

RIPOSTE - Quick reply, Retort, Rejoinder
HAUL - Drag Forcibly, Pull, Tug
ENTOURAGE - RETINUE, A group of attendants or associates
LOTTO - A lottery game
AEROSOL- A container that has substances like paint,detergent or insecticide and used for spraying
TRANSGRESSION- Violation of law, Sin
DEPOSE - Dethrone, Unseat
CIDER - The juice pressed from fruits, especially apples, used as a beverage or to make other products, such as vinegar
CLOUD - Obscure
DOORMAN - Porter
DEMIGOD - An inferior deity; a minor god, a person who is part mortal and part god
SQUAB - A young, newly hatched pigeon
- A soft, thick cushion, as for a couch
RACKET - A loud distressing noise

P (31-40)

2005-04-06T02:31:00.000-07:00

paean (n)
- expression of joy/praise
- joyous song of praise/triumph or thanksgiving

paean & pean mean same

Ex:
The hockey team had their own paean to sing after every victory
The poets of India used to sing lots of paeans in name of the king who ruled the country
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palate (n)
- roof of the mouth that seperates oral and nasal cavities
- sense of taste

Ex:
This dish does not appeal to the most refined palate
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palatial (adj)
- sth suitable to a palace
- sth of the nature of a palace

palatialness (n)

Ex:
palatial furnishingspalatial residence
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palliate (v)
- to make sth like symptom/disease/crime less severe
- mitigate, extenuate
- to cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies

Ex:
The lawywer tried to palliate the faults of the accused, but was unsuccessful in his attempts
The doctor said that these pills would palliate the symptoms of the disease.
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palpability (n)
palpable (adj)
- That can be felt/touched/handled easily
- perceptible, tangible

Ex:
Her anger was palpable on the face.
Dont worry about this problem, its palpable
There was a palpable expectation in midst of his fans before his new film release
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palpitate (v)
- to beat rapidly, esp heart
- quiver, tremble, shake

Ex:
Her heart palpitated after hearing the shocking news
The legs of people started palpitating in the snow
We were palpitating in the cinema hall while watching the horror movie
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panegyric (n)
panegyrical (adj)
- eulogy, paean, pean, encomium

Ex:
Your panegyric for her was totally unwanted for.
The speech was filled with panegyrical expressions
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paradigm (n)
- One that serves as an example or as a model
- General perception about a particular discipline at a particular time

Ex:
Their company serves as a paradigm to all other small scale companies
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pariah (n)
- Outcast
- Untouchable

Etymology: Parai in Tamil means drum. Paraiyan used to refer drummer who were in those days
untouchables in Tamil History
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patron (n)
- One who supports or protects
- A regular customer
- Owner or manager of an establishment

Etymology: Pater in Latin refers to father

I (21-30)

2005-04-05T05:54:00.000-07:00

iconoclast (n)
- One is against/wants to break the traditional ideas
- One who breaks religious images and works of art

Etymology: klas- to break

Ex:
This country has seen many iconoclasts who worked hard to make people egress out of traditional values
She was an iconoclast who wanted to prove the world that women are as good as men in her profession
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idiosyncrasy
- Something that is physically or mentally peculiar with respect to a person
- An unusual reaction by a person to some food or drug

Ex:
This piece of art beautifully captures the idiosyncrasies of the tribal men and women in this area
Doctors confirmed that his condition deteriorated because of his idiosyncrasy to the drug
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idyll (n)
- A simple poem/prose on rural and pastoral
- An account of carefree, lighthearted experience
- A romantic interlude
- A narrative poem treating an epic

Ex:
My idyll on the trip to US stops here
He was happy to have this idyll after three weeks of strenuous work
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ignoble (adj)
- not noble in quality,character, purpose: mean

Ex:
ignoble person
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ignominious (adj)
- Marked with/Deserving shame and disgrace

Ex:
What an ignominious end to the game!
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imbroglio (n)
- A complicate and embaraassing state of things, serious misunderstanding
- entanglement, tight corner

Ex:
Matters have fallen into a hopeless imbroglio
I am clueless as to how to come out of this imbroglio
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immaculate (adj)
- clean, pure, spotless
- faultless

Ex:
My love for you is immaculate
It was an immaculate speech
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immutable (adj)
- not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature

Ex:
Certain people are immutable.
No matter you try to change them, they wont
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impair (v)
- to cause to diminish, as in strength, value, or quality

Ex:
News for the Hearing Impaired
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impecunious (adj)
- penniless, penurious

Ex:
Though he was impecunious, he was respected all over

E (11-20)

2005-04-05T02:26:00.000-07:00

ebullience (n)
ebullient (adj)
- overflowing enthusiasm
- boiling or seeming to boil, bubbling

Ex:
Lava is in a liquid and ebullient state
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ecumenical (n)
- Of universal nature
- Related to worldwide Christian church
- Concerned with promoting unity among religions

Ex:
Pope is a ecumenical figure
Dont keep your thoughts narrow, make them ecumenical
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edacious (adj)
edacity (n)
- Voracious, Devouring
- Related to eating
- greedy, eager

Etymology: edere - to eat

Ex:
His edacious appetite was a trouble to many of us
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efficacy (n)
- Effectiveness
- Power or capacity to produce the desired result

Ex:
The minister's efficacy in handling this type of situation was in qn
The efficacy of this medicine in curing the disease cant be doubted
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effluvia (n) (pl)
effluvium (n) (sin)
- byproduct, waste
- usually invisible emanation or exhalation

effluent (adj)- flowing out

Etymology: fluere - to flow

Ex:
The effluvia out of this factory is causing potential damage to the surroundings here.
The effluent gets mixed up with the river water and makes it unfit to drink
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effrontery- brazen boldness, presumptuousness, chutzpah

Ex:
Who would have such an effrontery to speak against the leader?
I despise you because, you have scaled peaks with your efrontery!
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egress
- The act or right to come out or to go out
- A place or means to go out : Exit

Ex:
We have stepped up the security measures at the egress of the company
The refugees who pleaded for egress were disappointed when it was turned down
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emaciate (v)
emaciation (n)
- To become thin, mostly 'cos of starvation

Ex:
Because of drought last year, children started to emaciate
The therapy did nothing good to him, except emaciating him
The body emaciated because of the wounds and the pain she suffered
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embellish (v)
- To decorate, make beautiful
- To add ornamental and fictitious details, dramatize

Ex:
The writer embellishes too much in her novel
The mother worked too much to embellish her daughter for the marriage

1-10

2005-03-31T05:48:00.000-08:00

Vacillate (v)
- To vacillate is to oscillate. Not sure of something. Wavering
- Hesitant
Vacillator (n) Vacillation (n) Vacillatingly (adv)

Ex:
I was unable to decide on these choices 'cos my mind kept vascillating.
He s kind of a vacillator.
Dont vacillate while taking important decisions
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ubiquitous (Adjective)
- Omnipresent

Ubiquitous derives, via French, from Latin ubique, everywhere, from ubi, where. The state of being ubiquitous is ubiquity.

ubiquitously (adv).
ubiquitousness (n).

Ex:
Before Tarzan, nobody understood just how big, how ubiquitous, how marketable a star could be
Shall i say mobile phones are ubiquitously present everywhere these days?
I could feel His presence everywhere, He is ubiquitous
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warmonger (n)
- Person who advocates war and war like policies
warmongering(adj)

Ex:
Stop acting like a warmonger, its doing no good to anyone
"Get rid of this warmonger now!", said the captain.
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recidivism (n)
-A tendency to lapse into a previous condition or pattern of behavior; especially, a falling back or relapse into prior criminal habits

recidivist (n) recidivistic or recidivous (adj)

Ex:
The social activist tried her level best to bring down the recidivism rate among the young prisoners
Are you sure that the disease wont recidiviate after taking these pills?
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quandary (n)
- State of uncertainity, perplexity-predicament, especially as requiring a choice between two unfavourable options

Ex:
I was in a quandary as my mind kept vacillating.
Life is in a quandary for many of us, as most of us are not sure as to what we really want in life.
"Dont laugh at my miserable quandary" she said angrily at him.
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effete (adj)
- Worn out, exhausted, infertile, No longer capable of producing young

Effete derives from Latin effetus, "weakened by giving birth; worn out, exhausted; effete," from ex- + fetus, "bearing young, pregnant."

Ex:
After a hard day's work, I feel effete, unable to move a feet longer!
"With increase in violence and corruption, people's confidence in cops has become effete", some claimed
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duress (n)
-wrongful and usually unlawful compulsion (as threats of physical violence) that induces a person to act against his or her will

Ex:
He was put under extreme duress to work on this project.
The will was signed by her under duress and hence its invalid
The police made him confess the crime under duress
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abrade (v)
- to wear away, erode
- rub away by friction

Ex:
Dont expose the skin to the abrasive
The coastline was abraded constantly by the waves
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abrogate (v)
-To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

Ex:
The collector tried to abrogate the practice by enforcing the law