SINCE 1828
Word of the Day
September 16, 2018
shining brilliantly
September 15, 2018
a feeling of sadness and depression
September 13, 2018
pretentious nonsense
September 11, 2018
the manner in which a person behaves
September 2018
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Sep 01
symposium
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Sep 02
coeval
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Sep 03
mentor
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Sep 04
ingratiate
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Sep 05
banshee
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Sep 06
quiddity
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Sep 07
schmooze
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Sep 08
periphrasis
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Sep 09
wanderlust
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Sep 10
fathom
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Sep 11
deportment
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Sep 12
enigmatic
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Sep 13
taradiddle
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Sep 14
advert
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Sep 15
melancholia
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Sep 16
resplendent
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Sep 17
chiliad
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Sep 18
lenitive
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Sep 19
atone
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Sep 20
milieu
August 2018
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Aug 01
risorgimento
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Aug 02
agog
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Aug 03
pacify
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Aug 04
slimsy
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Aug 05
bereft
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Aug 06
mufti
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Aug 07
fungible
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Aug 08
debunk
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Aug 09
weald
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Aug 10
rash
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Aug 11
circuitous
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Aug 12
lapidary
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Aug 13
orgulous
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Aug 14
gaffer
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Aug 15
nonchalant
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Aug 16
volatile
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Aug 17
thwart
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Aug 18
adulation
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Aug 19
imperturbable
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Aug 20
satiety
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Aug 21
cerulean
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Aug 22
exigent
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Aug 23
oblige
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Aug 24
marshal
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Aug 25
jaunty
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Aug 26
puissant
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Aug 27
rubric
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Aug 28
lodestar
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Aug 29
taciturn
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Aug 30
buttonhole
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Aug 31
duress
July 2018
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Jul 01
métier
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Jul 02
canicular
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Jul 03
regardless
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Jul 04
pyrotechnics
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Jul 05
asseverate
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Jul 06
sophistry
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Jul 07
eccentric
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Jul 08
lucubration
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Jul 09
transmogrify
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Jul 10
benevolent
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Jul 11
nimiety
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Jul 12
cerebrate
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Jul 13
gumption
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Jul 14
obviate
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Jul 15
mercurial
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Jul 16
declivity
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Jul 17
vouchsafe
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Jul 18
salvo
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Jul 19
halcyon
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Jul 20
paste
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Jul 21
acolyte
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Jul 22
festinate
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Jul 23
pro rata
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Jul 24
languid
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Jul 25
behemoth
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Jul 26
inchmeal
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Jul 27
reticent
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Jul 28
curfew
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Jul 29
gloss
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Jul 30
tempestuous
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Jul 31
musket
June 2018
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Jun 01
mise-en-scène
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Jun 02
ingenue
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Jun 03
opportune
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Jun 04
proficient
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Jun 05
fustigate
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Jun 06
unbeknownst
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Jun 07
boondoggle
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Jun 08
whelm
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Jun 09
shenanigan
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Jun 10
roseate
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Jun 11
abrogate
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Jun 12
epithet
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Jun 13
mantic
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Jun 14
defenestration
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Jun 15
pugnacious
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Jun 16
tantalize
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Jun 17
meritorious
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Jun 18
jabberwocky
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Jun 19
quail
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Jun 20
balmy
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Jun 21
voracity
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Jun 22
notorious
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Jun 23
skirl
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Jun 24
effigy
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Jun 25
amortize
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Jun 26
kaput
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Jun 27
bedizen
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Jun 28
ostensible
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Jun 29
tome
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Jun 30
lambaste
May 2018
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May 01
eventuate
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May 02
palindrome
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May 03
beaucoup
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May 04
flocculate
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May 05
agonistic
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May 06
remuneration
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May 07
decimate
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May 08
menagerie
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May 09
jocose
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May 10
slumgullion
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May 11
otiose
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May 12
collaborate
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May 13
nascent
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May 14
transpire
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May 15
layman
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May 16
aggress
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May 17
winsome
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May 18
muliebrity
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May 19
unfettered
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May 20
besot
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May 21
raillery
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May 22
garrulous
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May 23
petard
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May 24
cajole
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May 25
homogeneous
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May 26
riposte
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May 27
arrogate
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May 28
sacrosanct
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May 29
flummox
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May 30
indigence
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May 31
chastise
April 2018
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Apr 01
cuckoo
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Apr 02
abide
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Apr 03
sensibility
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Apr 04
career
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Apr 05
veld
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Apr 06
ineluctable
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Apr 07
reify
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Apr 08
bastion
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Apr 09
maladroit
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Apr 10
kitsch
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Apr 11
defer
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Apr 12
newfangled
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Apr 13
aegis
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Apr 14
succinct
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Apr 15
founder
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Apr 16
vulnerable
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Apr 17
onomatopoeia
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Apr 18
embarrass
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Apr 19
headlong
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Apr 20
bloviate
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Apr 21
grudging
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Apr 22
traduce
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Apr 23
cathexis
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Apr 24
loath
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Apr 25
slew
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Apr 26
mollycoddle
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Apr 27
querulous
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Apr 28
anathema
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Apr 29
redolent
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Apr 30
chivalry
March 2018
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Mar 01
agon
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Mar 02
nondescript
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Mar 03
elucidate
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Mar 04
cursory
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Mar 05
rabble
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Mar 06
scarify
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Mar 07
woolgathering
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Mar 08
bird-dog
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Mar 09
meander
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Mar 10
lexicographer
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Mar 11
scilicet
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Mar 12
Croesus
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Mar 13
laudable
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Mar 14
invigilate
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Mar 15
telegenic
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Mar 16
anent
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Mar 17
uncanny
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Mar 18
farce
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Mar 19
hachure
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Mar 20
yegg
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Mar 21
cadre
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Mar 22
lugubrious
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Mar 23
never-never land
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Mar 24
vanward
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Mar 25
thimblerig
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Mar 26
bravado
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Mar 27
grandiose
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Mar 28
delegate
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Mar 29
manticore
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Mar 30
parlous
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Mar 31
rectitude
February 2018
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Feb 01
preternatural
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Feb 02
divest
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Feb 03
tucket
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Feb 04
blench
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Feb 05
spavined
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Feb 06
logomachy
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Feb 07
carp
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Feb 08
embargo
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Feb 09
mnemonic
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Feb 10
instauration
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Feb 11
recuse
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Feb 12
adust
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Feb 13
nuts
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Feb 14
frolic
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Feb 15
nebbish
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Feb 16
yuppify
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Feb 17
biddable
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Feb 18
panegyric
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Feb 19
sanguine
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Feb 20
refection
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Feb 21
demarcate
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Feb 22
plangent
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Feb 23
meld
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Feb 24
caravansary
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Feb 25
ad hoc
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Feb 26
validate
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Feb 27
tenebrous
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Feb 28
exegesis
January 2018
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Jan 01
fete
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Jan 02
accentuate
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Jan 03
sacerdotal
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Jan 04
hornswoggle
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Jan 05
bindle stiff
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Jan 06
vapid
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Jan 07
gainsay
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Jan 08
mutatis mutandis
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Jan 09
officinal
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Jan 10
cohort
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Jan 11
placate
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Jan 12
reprehensible
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Jan 13
stanch
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Jan 14
demiurge
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Jan 15
intrepid
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Jan 16
adapt
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Jan 17
famish
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Jan 18
homiletic
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Jan 19
trammel
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Jan 20
bespoke
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Jan 21
extenuate
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Jan 22
leonine
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Jan 23
synchronicity
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Jan 24
contrite
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Jan 25
mansuetude
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Jan 26
retrodict
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Jan 27
nebulous
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Jan 28
popinjay
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Jan 29
anthropomorphic
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Jan 30
tincture
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Jan 31
irrupt
December 2017
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Dec 01
anachronism
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Dec 02
intersperse
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Dec 03
pillory
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Dec 04
maudlin
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Dec 05
encapsulate
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Dec 06
candor
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Dec 07
maieutic
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Dec 08
wend
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Dec 09
zoomorphic
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Dec 10
cachinnate
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Dec 11
orphic
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Dec 12
sustain
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Dec 13
diaphanous
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Dec 14
gravamen
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Dec 15
fructify
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Dec 16
terpsichorean
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Dec 17
lothario
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Dec 18
permeable
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Dec 19
stultify
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Dec 20
recumbent
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Dec 21
boniface
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Dec 22
vespertine
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Dec 23
flamboyant
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Dec 24
nativity
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Dec 25
conciliate
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Dec 26
abeyance
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Dec 27
hortative
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Dec 28
debilitate
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Dec 29
pooh-bah
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Dec 30
spiel
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Dec 31
antithetical
November 2017
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Nov 01
apodictic
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Nov 02
clew
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Nov 03
tin-pot
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Nov 04
stridulate
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Nov 05
parable
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Nov 06
esemplastic
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Nov 07
archetype
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Nov 08
mandarin
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Nov 09
cotton
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Nov 10
pathos
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Nov 11
doughty
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Nov 12
shilly-shally
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Nov 13
roué
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Nov 14
stellar
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Nov 15
proximity
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Nov 16
lollygag
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Nov 17
jalousie
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Nov 18
belaud
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Nov 19
fervid
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Nov 20
bombinate
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Nov 21
wifty
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Nov 22
obliterate
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Nov 23
viand
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Nov 24
mucilaginous
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Nov 25
non sequitur
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Nov 26
illustrious
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Nov 27
anneal
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Nov 28
harbinger
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Nov 29
bludge
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Nov 30
scurrilous
October 2017
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Oct 01
censure
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Oct 02
farceur
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Oct 03
salubrious
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Oct 04
agita
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Oct 05
vituperate
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Oct 06
bombard
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Oct 07
prehension
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Oct 08
slake
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Oct 09
denegation
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Oct 10
gregarious
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Oct 11
tendentious
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Oct 12
interdigitate
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Oct 13
lagniappe
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Oct 14
palliate
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Oct 15
razzmatazz
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Oct 16
chary
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Oct 17
euphony
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Oct 18
malign
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Oct 19
hew
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Oct 20
knee-jerk
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Oct 21
adversity
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Oct 22
nuncupative
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Oct 23
burke
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Oct 24
pelf
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Oct 25
overwhelm
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Oct 26
slapdash
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Oct 27
wardrobe
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Oct 28
alfresco
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Oct 29
causerie
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Oct 30
descry
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Oct 31
werewolf
September 2017
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Sep 01
confrere
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Sep 02
enthrall
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Sep 03
vociferous
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Sep 04
fruition
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Sep 05
scrupulous
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Sep 06
robot
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Sep 07
propagate
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Sep 08
extemporaneous
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Sep 09
disport
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Sep 10
conversant
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Sep 11
bibelot
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Sep 12
scour
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Sep 13
precocious
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Sep 14
marginalia
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Sep 15
inoculate
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Sep 16
travesty
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Sep 17
portentous
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Sep 18
amanuensis
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Sep 19
glabrous
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Sep 20
holus-bolus
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Sep 21
shofar
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Sep 22
yeasty
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Sep 23
toothsome
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Sep 24
legerity
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Sep 25
anathematize
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Sep 26
broadside
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Sep 27
disparate
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Sep 28
pace
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Sep 29
ensconce
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Sep 30
apropos
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