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January 25, 2021
the act of making something perfect
January 24, 2021
lighthearted unconcern
January 23, 2021
marked by an attack on character
January 22, 2021
a stone coffin
January 19, 2021
to guess or surmise
January 18, 2021
more important, skillful, or successful
January 2021
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Jan 01
reprise
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Jan 02
feckless
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Jan 03
apologia
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Jan 04
dissociate
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Jan 05
comely
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Jan 06
pugilism
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Jan 07
devious
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Jan 08
amok
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Jan 09
baksheesh
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Jan 10
haptic
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Jan 11
mimesis
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Jan 12
pedantic
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Jan 13
rapport
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Jan 14
servile
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Jan 15
vulcanize
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Jan 16
effusive
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Jan 17
modicum
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Jan 18
preeminent
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Jan 19
conjecture
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Jan 20
gulosity
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Jan 21
exact
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Jan 22
sarcophagus
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Jan 23
ad hominem
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Jan 24
insouciance
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Jan 25
optimization
December 2020
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Dec 01
equity
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Dec 02
tyro
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Dec 03
brainiac
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Dec 04
distend
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Dec 05
incandescent
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Dec 06
mangle
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Dec 07
lucrative
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Dec 08
paucity
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Dec 09
rescind
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Dec 10
spontaneous
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Dec 11
contraband
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Dec 12
antediluvian
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Dec 13
flout
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Dec 14
homage
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Dec 15
prehensile
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Dec 16
vilify
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Dec 17
doyen
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Dec 18
idiopathic
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Dec 19
comity
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Dec 20
presage
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Dec 21
gelid
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Dec 22
opprobrium
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Dec 23
convalesce
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Dec 24
efficacious
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Dec 25
noel
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Dec 26
verdigris
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Dec 27
franchise
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Dec 28
suffrage
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Dec 29
constitution
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Dec 30
prerogative
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Dec 31
contestation
November 2020
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Nov 01
hallowed
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Nov 02
exult
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Nov 03
candidate
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Nov 04
erudite
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Nov 05
perseverate
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Nov 06
accident
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Nov 07
multifarious
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Nov 08
octothorpe
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Nov 09
reprove
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Nov 10
bailiwick
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Nov 11
impeccable
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Nov 12
abnegate
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Nov 13
farrier
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Nov 14
infinitesimal
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Nov 15
libertine
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Nov 16
snivel
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Nov 17
fulvous
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Nov 18
bugbear
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Nov 19
cohesive
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Nov 20
emigrate
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Nov 21
grandiloquence
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Nov 22
debouch
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Nov 23
vaunted
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Nov 24
mogul
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Nov 25
posthumous
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Nov 26
victual
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Nov 27
ulterior
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Nov 28
capitulate
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Nov 29
hinterland
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Nov 30
ambient
October 2020
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Oct 01
inordinate
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Oct 02
pachyderm
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Oct 03
enhance
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Oct 04
meliorism
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Oct 05
appreciable
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Oct 06
forebear
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Oct 07
pecuniary
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Oct 08
collogue
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Oct 09
leitmotif
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Oct 10
pertinacious
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Oct 11
shill
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Oct 12
mythomania
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Oct 13
usurp
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Oct 14
benefic
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Oct 15
kiln
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Oct 16
futile
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Oct 17
homologate
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Oct 18
obverse
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Oct 19
quotidian
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Oct 20
visage
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Oct 21
dorsal
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Oct 22
adduce
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Oct 23
guttersnipe
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Oct 24
sophomoric
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Oct 25
emissary
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Oct 26
repine
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Oct 27
dexterous
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Oct 28
Cassandra
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Oct 29
rue
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Oct 30
truculent
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Oct 31
wraith
September 2020
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Sep 01
allusion
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Sep 02
pediculous
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Sep 03
matriculate
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Sep 04
docile
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Sep 05
heyday
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Sep 06
colloquial
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Sep 07
plaudit
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Sep 08
impregnable
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Sep 09
bunkum
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Sep 10
encumber
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Sep 11
ruddy
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Sep 12
foment
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Sep 13
verbiage
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Sep 14
purport
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Sep 15
Sisyphean
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Sep 16
cronyism
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Sep 17
limpid
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Sep 18
delve
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Sep 19
fountainhead
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Sep 20
ubiquitous
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Sep 21
juncture
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Sep 22
operose
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Sep 23
crabwise
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Sep 24
nepotism
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Sep 25
translucent
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Sep 26
emollient
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Sep 27
rambunctious
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Sep 28
abstain
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Sep 29
gauntlet
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Sep 30
sinuous
August 2020
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Aug 01
hotdog
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Aug 02
ombudsman
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Aug 03
risible
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Aug 04
aficionado
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Aug 05
demure
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Aug 06
grubstake
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Aug 07
midriff
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Aug 08
beholden
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Aug 09
ferret
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Aug 10
vivacious
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Aug 11
malaise
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Aug 12
yaw
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Aug 13
catch-22
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Aug 14
quiescent
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Aug 15
subterfuge
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Aug 16
inveigh
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Aug 17
cognizable
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Aug 18
braggadocio
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Aug 19
dulcet
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Aug 20
ne plus ultra
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Aug 21
exhort
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Aug 22
parochial
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Aug 23
forte
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Aug 24
estival
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Aug 25
requite
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Aug 26
testimonial
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Aug 27
kindred
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Aug 28
undertaker
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Aug 29
asunder
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Aug 30
cadge
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Aug 31
longanimity
July 2020
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Jul 01
farrago
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Jul 02
obtain
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Jul 03
stentorian
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Jul 04
aphelion
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Jul 05
deracinate
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Jul 06
legerdemain
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Jul 07
sound
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Jul 08
emulate
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Jul 09
bromide
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Jul 10
histrionic
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Jul 11
confabulate
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Jul 12
frisson
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Jul 13
parsimonious
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Jul 14
tutelage
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Jul 15
indite
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Jul 16
callous
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Jul 17
mien
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Jul 18
jink
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Jul 19
volte-face
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Jul 20
derelict
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Jul 21
inculcate
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Jul 22
requisite
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Jul 23
gyre
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Jul 24
bowdlerize
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Jul 25
noblesse oblige
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Jul 26
epistolary
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Jul 27
anomaly
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Jul 28
mesmerize
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Jul 29
pejorative
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Jul 30
catastrophe
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Jul 31
rife
June 2020
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Jun 01
stiction
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Jun 02
eolian
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Jun 03
compunction
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Jun 04
posture
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Jun 05
rendition
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Jun 06
capricious
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Jun 07
advocate
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Jun 08
gest
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Jun 09
lissome
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Jun 10
troubadour
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Jun 11
vilipend
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Jun 12
fictitious
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Jun 13
whodunit
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Jun 14
divagate
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Jun 15
bellwether
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Jun 16
null
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Jun 17
harangue
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Jun 18
conflate
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Jun 19
stalwart
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Jun 20
envisage
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Jun 21
masterful
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Jun 22
crux
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Jun 23
fraternize
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Jun 24
gourmand
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Jun 25
omnipotent
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Jun 26
yokel
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Jun 27
incontrovertible
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Jun 28
argot
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Jun 29
parse
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Jun 30
louche
May 2020
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May 01
appellation
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May 02
gratuitous
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May 03
politesse
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May 04
collimate
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May 05
lorn
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May 06
quintessence
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May 07
truckle
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May 08
verboten
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May 09
decoupage
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May 10
indomitable
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May 11
aggrandize
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May 12
flotsam
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May 13
pelagic
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May 14
refulgence
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May 15
stymie
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May 16
bodacious
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May 17
malapropism
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May 18
exiguous
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May 19
disabuse
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May 20
neoteric
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May 21
cowcatcher
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May 22
preen
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May 23
shaggy-dog
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May 24
xeriscape
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May 25
instigate
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May 26
homonymous
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May 27
longueur
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May 28
empirical
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May 29
assail
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May 30
gamut
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May 31
palmy
April 2020
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Apr 01
loon
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Apr 02
pleonasm
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Apr 03
cocoon
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Apr 04
solecism
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Apr 05
forsooth
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Apr 06
incarcerate
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Apr 07
maverick
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Apr 08
berserk
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Apr 09
seder
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Apr 10
permeate
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Apr 11
pandiculation
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Apr 12
expiate
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Apr 13
hypnagogic
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Apr 14
umbra
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Apr 15
deflagrate
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Apr 16
caduceus
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Apr 17
vanilla
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Apr 18
regurgitate
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Apr 19
alienist
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Apr 20
peccant
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Apr 21
colloquy
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Apr 22
obstinate
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Apr 23
facilitate
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Apr 24
arboreal
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Apr 25
nabob
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Apr 26
promulgate
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Apr 27
zephyr
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Apr 28
garnish
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Apr 29
disingenuous
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Apr 30
emblem
March 2020
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Mar 01
interpolate
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Mar 02
perquisite
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Mar 03
rectitudinous
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Mar 04
albeit
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Mar 05
filch
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Mar 06
oleaginous
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Mar 07
sea change
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Mar 08
chapfallen
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Mar 09
devise
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Mar 10
escapade
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Mar 11
Byzantine
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Mar 12
retronym
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Mar 13
ambidextrous
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Mar 14
hoise
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Mar 15
minutia
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Mar 16
palpate
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Mar 17
crwth
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Mar 18
abbreviate
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Mar 19
viridity
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Mar 20
fusty
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Mar 21
incommunicado
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Mar 22
lampoon
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Mar 23
welkin
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Mar 24
timorous
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Mar 25
gibe
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Mar 26
ninja
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Mar 27
cordial
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Mar 28
derogate
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Mar 29
quixotic
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Mar 30
laissez-faire
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Mar 31
plenary
February 2020
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Feb 01
fissile
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Feb 02
prognosticate
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Feb 03
hierophant
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Feb 04
scumble
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Feb 05
ancillary
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Feb 06
canard
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Feb 07
infantilize
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Feb 08
lenticular
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Feb 09
expunge
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Feb 10
debonair
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Feb 11
obloquy
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Feb 12
resile
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Feb 13
gustatory
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Feb 14
Cupid
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Feb 15
vinaceous
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Feb 16
stipulate
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Feb 17
probity
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Feb 18
bootless
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Feb 19
eradicate
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Feb 20
judgment
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Feb 21
numismatic
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Feb 22
pontificate
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Feb 23
misbegotten
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Feb 24
acumen
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Feb 25
dissemble
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Feb 26
injunction
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Feb 27
trenchant
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Feb 28
coax
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Feb 29
untenable
January 2020
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Jan 01
redux
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Jan 02
cosmeticize
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Jan 03
foible
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Jan 04
mendacious
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Jan 05
permutation
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Jan 06
agrarian
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Jan 07
dragoon
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Jan 08
surfeit
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Jan 09
belated
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Jan 10
elixir
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Jan 11
convoke
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Jan 12
weal
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Jan 13
glom
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Jan 14
lily-livered
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Jan 15
artifice
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Jan 16
hirsute
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Jan 17
tontine
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Jan 18
vicarious
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Jan 19
intercalate
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Jan 20
dauntless
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Jan 21
bonhomie
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Jan 22
nurture
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Jan 23
outlandish
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Jan 24
euphoria
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Jan 25
lackluster
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Jan 26
sublimate
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Jan 27
parvenu
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Jan 28
diligent
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Jan 29
allege
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Jan 30
gist
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Jan 31
macabre
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