/ word of the day:
“the dictionary is a poem about everything”—Steven Wright
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/may 12
05.18.2012
infest verb. To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious. Synonymns: overrun.
05.17.2012
denude verb. To divest of covering; make bare. Synonymns: strip.
05.16.2012
lowlife noun. A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible. Synonymns: dirty dog, git, puke, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, bum, crumb, rat.
05.15.2012
forgo verb. Do without or cease to hold or adhere to. Synonymns: foreswear, waive, dispense with, relinquish.
05.14.2012
windpipe noun. Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi. Synonymns: trachea.
05.13.2012
illusionist noun. Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience. Synonymns: conjurer, magician, prestidigitator.
05.12.2012
nuptial adjective. Of or relating to a wedding. Synonymns: bridal, spousal.
05.11.2012
groundbreaking adjective. Being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before. Synonymns: innovative.
05.10.2012
empower verb. Give or delegate power or authority to. Synonymns: authorize.
05.09.2012
verdure noun. The lush appearance of flourishing vegetation. Synonymns: greenness.
05.08.2012
pestle noun. against a slab of stone. Synonymns: pounder, muller.
05.07.2012
anteroom noun. A large entrance or reception room or area. Synonymns: foyer, lobby, vestibule, hall.
05.06.2012
hookah noun. An oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water. Synonymns: calean, chicha, hubble-bubble, kalian, narghile, shisha, water pipe.
05.05.2012
immerse verb. fully to. Synonymns: engross, engulf, steep, soak up, absorb, plunge.
05.04.2012
multitudinous adjective. Too numerous to be counted. Synonymns: innumerable, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumbered, countless, infinite.
05.03.2012
dewy-eyed adjective. Naive, innocent, or trusting, especially in a romantic or childlike way. Synonymns: childlike, simple.
05.02.2012
unlooked-for adjective. Not anticipated. Synonymns: out of the blue, unforeseen.
05.01.2012
sufferable adjective. Capable of being borne though unpleasant. Synonymns: bearable, endurable, supportable.
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