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“the dictionary is a poem about everything”—Steven Wright
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/jul 10
07.31.2010
innuendo noun. implication. Synonymns: insinuation.
07.30.2010
penitence noun. Remorse for your past conduct. Synonymns: penance, repentance.
07.29.2010
panic-stricken adjective. Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation. Synonymns: panicky, terrified, frightened.
07.28.2010
reniform adjective. Shaped like a kidney. Synonymns: kidney-shaped.
07.27.2010
seaquake noun. An earthquake originating under the sea floor. Synonymns: submarine earthquake.
07.26.2010
scrubby adjective. Inferior in size or quality. Synonymns: stunted, scrawny.
07.25.2010
treillage noun. Latticework used to support climbing plants. Synonymns: trellis.
07.24.2010
bountiful adjective. Giving freely and generously; liberal. Synonymns: bighearted, bounteous, giving, openhanded, handsome, freehanded, big.
07.23.2010
personate verb. Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions. Synonymns: impersonate, pose.
07.22.2010
memorialize verb. Be or provide a memorial to a person or an event. Synonymns: immortalize, commemorate, record.
07.21.2010
entrust verb. Confer a trust upon. Synonymns: confide, commit, trust.
07.20.2010
copestone noun. A final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination. Synonymns: capstone, finishing touch.
07.19.2010
gimcrack adjective. Cheap and tasteless; gaudy. Synonymns: flashy, garish, tawdry, trashy, brassy, cheap, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty.
07.18.2010
birthrate noun. The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year. Synonymns: fertility, fertility rate, natality.
07.17.2010
slumberous adjective. Inclined to or marked by drowsiness. Synonymns: somnolent.
07.16.2010
decamp verb. Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along. Synonymns: abscond, absquatulate, go off, make off, run off, bolt.
07.15.2010
placard noun. A sign or notice for display in a public place. Synonymns: bill, card, notice, poster, posting.
07.14.2010
cogitable adjective. Thinkable; conceivable. Synonymns: ponderable.
07.13.2010
stagger verb. Walk as if unable to control one's movements. Synonymns: careen, keel, lurch, reel, swag.
07.12.2010
cuddle verb. Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position. Synonymns: draw close, nest, nestle, nuzzle, snuggle.
07.11.2010
conjectural adjective. Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence. Synonymns: divinatory, hypothetical, suppositional, suppositious.
07.10.2010
feeble adjective. Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality. Synonymns: debile, infirm, sapless, weakly, decrepit, rickety, weak.
07.09.2010
frenzied adjective. Excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion. Synonymns: frantic, frenetic.
07.08.2010
honcho noun. One who is in charge; a manager or leader. Synonymns: boss, chief, foreman, gaffer.
07.07.2010
predilection noun. A predisposition in favor of something. Synonymns: preference, orientation.
07.06.2010
vista noun. A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through an opening, as between rows of buildings or trees. Synonymns: aspect, panorama, prospect, scene, view.
07.05.2010
guileful adjective. Full of guile; deceitfully or treacherously cunning. Synonymns: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily.
07.04.2010
quarry noun. An object of pursuit. Synonymns: fair game, prey, target.
07.03.2010
entreat verb. Ask for or request earnestly. Synonymns: adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, press.
07.02.2010
clime noun. The weather in some location averaged over some long period of time. Synonymns: climate.
07.01.2010
kinship noun. A close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character. Synonymns: affinity.
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