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| 3/15/05 | Assuage | t.v. | ease, relieve |
| 3/08/05 | enthusiast | n. | believer |
| 3/01/05 | Adroit | adj. | Clever, skillful |
| 2/22/05 | Munificent | adj. | very liberal in giving or bestowing, lavish |
| 2/08/05 | Morés | n. | established customs of a community |
| 2/01/05 | Ennui | n. | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction, boredom |
| 1/25/05 | adapt | v. | to fit, to make fit |
| 1/18/05 | proficient | adj. | to go forward, accomplish |
| 1/11/05 | Hoi Polloi | n. | the general populace, masses |
| 1/04/05 | Afresh | adv. | from a fresh beginning |
| 12/21/04 | Blithesome | adj. | gay, merry |
| 12/14/04 | Ubiquitous | adj. | existing or being everywhere at the same time |
| 12/07/04 | Love | n. | strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties |
| 11/30/04 | Caveat | n. | a warning enjoining one from certain acts or practices |
| 11/23/04 | Grateful | adj. | appreciative of benefits received |
| 11/16/04 | Opt | i.v. | to decide in favor of something |
| 11/9/04 | Compact | n. | an agreement or covenant between two or more parties |
| 11/2/04 | jingoism | n. | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| 10/26/04 | Responsibility | n. | moral, legal, or mental accountability |
| 10/19/04 | Nostalgia | n. | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| 10/5/04 | Refute | v. n. |
refutation to disprove |
| 9/28/04 | Cultivate | v. | to foster the growth of |
| 9/21/04 | Avocation | n. | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment |
| 9/7/04 | Theatrical | adj. | of or relating to the theater or the presentation of plays |
| 8/31/04 | Visionary | n. | one who sees visions |
| 8/17/04 | Pulchritude | n. | physical comeliness |
| 8/10/04 | Hygiene | n. | conditions or practices (as of cleanliness) conducive to health |
| 7/27/04 | Sanguine | adj. | Cheerfully optimistic |
| 7/20/04 | Assist | v. | to give support or aid |
| 7/6/04 | Allege | v. | claim, assert, contend, charge, declare |
| 06/29/04 | widget | n. | gadget, gizmo; an unnamed small mechanical device. |
| 06/22/04 | quirk | n. | Peculiarity of action, behavior or personality |
| 06/15/04 | barrier | n. | a fence or railing; an obstruction natural or man-made; something that separates or keeps apart |
| 06/08/04 | canny | adj. | Careful, shrewd or skilled |
| 06/01/04 | extreme | adj. | going well beyond the ordinary, utmost in direction or distance |
| 05/25/04 | rebellious | adj. | resisting direction or control; unruly |
| 05/18/04 | nebulous | adj. | Indistinct, vague; relating to or resembling a nebula |
| 05/11/04 | amusing | adj. | entertaining or pleasing, arousing laughter |
| 05/04/04 | ecstatic | adj. | Relating to or marked by a state of extreme emotional excitement or rapturous delight |
| 04/27/04 | apprehensive | adj | troubled by fears, anxious, uneasy; able to apprehend, quick to learn or understand; having to do with perceiving or understanding |
| 04/20/04 | fluent | adj | flowing or moving smoothly; able to write or speak easily, smoothly and expressively |
| 04/13/04 | diversion | n. | the act of diverting; a recreation or pastime |
| 04/06/04 | emerge | v. | to come into view, to rise, to come into existence |
| 03/30/04 | Ken | n. | perception, understanding, knowledge; range of vision; view, sight |
| 03/16/04 | advocate | n. | a person who pleads a case on someone's behalf; (v) publicly recommend or support |
| 03/09/04 | concatenate | v. | to link together in a series or chain |
| 03/02/04 | abound | v. | To be present in large quantity; prevalent |
| 02/24/04 | averse | adj. | reluctant, unwilling, resistant |
| 02/17/04 | intractable | adj. | hard to manipulate or work; unruly or stubborn |
| 02/03/04 | vitiate | v. | to reduce the effectiveness or quality of; to invalidate |
| 01/27/04 | lineage | n. | direct descent from a common ancestor. |
| 01/20/04 | vernal | adj. | having to do with or appearing with spring; spring-like, youthful. |
| 01/13/04 | dogmatic | adj. | Stating a opinion in an arrogant manner without proof. |
| 01/06/04 | reverence | n. | A feeling or attitude of deep respect, love and awe. |
| 12/16/03 | mutable | adj. | subject to change, ever changing, inconsistent. |
| 12/09/03 | proficient | adj. | Skillful, expert, capable. |
| 12/02/03 | jostle | v. | to come in contact or into collision. |
| 11/25/03 | plenteous | adj. | fruitful, productive. |
| 11/18/03 | gauche | adj. | Awkward, tactless, lacking in social graces. |
| 11/11/03 | niche | n. | Place or position particularly suitable for the person or thing in it. |
| 11/04/03 | relegate | v. | To assign someone to an inferior place or position |
| 10/28/03 | apparition | n. | Anything that appears unexpectedly or in an extraordinary way. |
| 10/21/03 | palatable | adj. | Agreeable, pleasant, especially to the sense of taste. |
| 10/14/03 | diversion | n. | The act of diverting, a recreation or past time. |
| 10/07/03 | usurp | v. | To take over or replace |
| 09/30/03 | cquiesce | v. | To accept or to submit passively or quietly |
| 09/23/03 | fallacy | n. | Aptness to mislead, being deceptive, delusive quality |
| 09/16/03 | amend | v. | To change formally |
| 09/09/03 | plethora | n. | Excess, super abundance |
| 09/02/03 | hiatus | n. | An interruption in time or continuity. |
| 08/19/03 | improvident | adj. | Failure to plan for the future |
| 08/12/03 | radiance | n. | Brilliance, reliance, splendor, luster |
| 08/05/03 | obfuscate | v. | To cloud over, obscure, make dark or unclear |
| 07/29/03 | tutelage | n. | The state of being under a guardian or tutor. |
| 07/22/03 | lineage | n. | A direct line of descent from an ancestor. |
| 07/15/03 | charette | n. | A final intense effort to complete a design project. |
| 07/08/03 | peruse | v. | To read thru as with thoroughness or care. |
| 07/01/03 | telic | adj. | tending toward an end |
| 06/24/03 | hubris | n. | Insolence or arrogance resulting from excessive pride |
| 06/17/03 | deasil | adv. | To rotate counter-clockwise |
| 06/10/03 | recreate | v. | To refresh, restore, to begin anew |
| 06/03/03 | matriculate | v. | To enroll in a college or university |
| 05/27/03 | reflection | n. | To reflect, attentive or continued consideration or meditation. |
| 05/20/03 | play | n.,adj. | To have fun, (playful-adj.) having a fun-loving attitude or manner |
| 05/13/03 | nurture | n. | Education; breeding; nourishes; food. To train or bring up. |
| 05/06/03 | resplendent | adj. | brilliant |
| 04/29/03 | mien | n. | Manner, appearance, a way of conducting oneself or looking |
| 04/22/03 | splendor | n. | great brightness or luster; brilliance |
| 04/15/03 | gambol | v.j./n. | To skip and jump around in play. To frolic, to leap. |
| 04/08/03 | hullabalo | n. | Noise, excitement |
| 04/01/03 | abhor | n. | to regard with extreme repugnance, to loath, strongly opposed; abhorrence (n.) the feeling of one who abhors; abhorrent (adj.). showing abhorrence |
| 03/25/03 | brilliant | adj | Accomplished, illustrious, splendid, very bright |
| 03/18/03 | lascivious | adj | Lewd or lustful |
| 03/11/03 | blarney | n.v | To flatter or coax. (v) blarneyed or blarneying |
| 02/25/03 | adroit | n.adv | Clever, skillful |
| 02/11/03 | partisan | n. | A firm adherent to a party, faction, cause or person |
| 02/04/03 | impious | n . | Wanting in reverence; profane; lacking in respect |
| 01/28/03 | periodical | adj. | Of or pertaining to a publication, such as a magazine or journal, appearing at regular intervals |
| 01/21/03 | relevant | n. | To the purpose, applicable, bearing on the issue in question |
| 01/14/03 | Vim | n. | Power, force, energy, spirit |
| 01/07/03 | Resplendent | adj. | Shining brilliantly; characterized by glowing splendor |
| 12/17/02 | permeate | v. | To pass through, spread |
| 12/10/02 | assiduous | adj. | Marked
by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| 12/03/02 | pretentious | adj. | Behaving in a false or exaggerated manner, often for the purpose of impressing others |
| 11/26/02 | love | n. | Strong affection or liking for a person/thing; the object of such affection; a score of zero in tennis |
| 11/19/02 | ineffable | adj. | Indescribable; not to be uttered |
| 11/12/02 | expeditious | adj. | Acting or done with speed and efficiency |
| 11/05/02 | creative | adj. | Marked by the ability to create; inventive; imaginative |
| 10/29/02 | immutable | adj. | Never changing or varying - unchangeable |
| 10/22/02 | commune | n./ v. |
Group
of people sharing accommodation and goods Speak intimately; feel in close tough |
| 10/15/02 | discern | n. | To detect; to recognize/identify as separate and distinct |
| 10/08/02 | health care | n. | To care for one’s well being |
| 10/01/02 | ameliorate | v. | To improve, to make better |
| 09/24/02 | vegetate | vi. | To exist with little mental & physical activity. Lead an inactive life. |
| 09/17/02 | encourage | v. | To inspire with courage, confidence or hope |
| 09/10/02 | liberty | n. | state of being free from oppression, tyranny, slavery; freedom |
| 09/03/02 | artificer | n. | A person who is skillful or clever in devising ways of making things. An inventor |
| 08/20/02 | egalitarian | adj. | Belief that everyone should have equal political, social, and economic rights |
| 08/13/02 | facetious | adj. | Not meant to be taken seriously or literally; humorous |
| 08/06/02 | itinerant | adj. | Traveling from place to place; covering a circuit |
| 07/30/02 | predilection | n. | A partiality or preference |
| 07/23/02 | adversity | n. | A condition of suffering, destitution, or affliction |
| 07/16/02 | supplant | vt. | To supercede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| 07/09/02 | fastidious | adj. | Possessing or displaying careful & meticulous attention to detail |
| 07/02/02 | savoir faire | n. | The ability to say and do the right thing in any situation |
| 06/25/02 | penury | n. | Extreme poverty, absence of resources, insufficiency |
| 06/18/02 | permeate | vt. | Pass through, spread |
| 06/11/02 | fait accompli | a thing accomplished and presumably irreversible | |
| 06/04/02 | foment | vt. | Stir up, arouse, incite |
| 05/28/02 | hoi polloi | n. | the many, the masses, the common people. Usually patronizing or contemptuous |
| 05/21/02 | venerable | adj. | Worthy of respect or reverence, because of great age, high office or noble character |
| 05/14/02 | rogue | n. | An unprincipled person; scoundrel |
| 05/07/02 | equivocate | vi. | To speak ambiguously in order to confuse or mislead |
| 04/30/02 | elate | v. | To make one happy, proud, joyful |
| 04/23/02 | excogitate | v. | To consider or think (something) out carefully |
| 04/16/02 | riant | adj. | Laughing, smiling or cheerful |
| 04/09/02 | pedestrian | adj. | Ordinary, dull, prosaic. Also: going by foot |
| 04/02/02 | Erudite | adj. | Having a wide knowledge gained from reading. Learned, scholarly |
| 03/26/02 | pretentious | adj. | Making claims to some distinction, importance, etc. |
| 03/26/02 | precocious | adj. | Matured earlier than usual |
| 03/19/02 | alacrity | n. | Eagerness, readiness, willingness. |
| 03/12/02 | voluble | adj. | Characterized by ready or rapid speech. Fluent. |
| 03/05/02 | plebeian | n. | 1. One of the common people 2. a vulgar, coarse person |
| 02/26/02 | prolix | adj. | Wordy, long-winded, drawn-out |
| 02/19/02 | dogmatic | adj. | Stating an opinion in an arrogant manner, or without proof |
| 02/05/02 | venerable | adj. | Worthy of respect or reverence because of age, dignity, etc. |
| 01/22/02 | preponderant | adj. | To be superior in amount, power, etc. |
| 01/15/02 | xenophobia | n. | Fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners |
| 01/08/02 | kinesics | n. | The study of body movements |
| 12/18/01 | serene | adj. | Calm & unruffled, repose or quietude |
| 12/11/01 | pontificate | i.v. | To speak or express opinions in a pompous or dogmatic way |
| 12/04/01 | assuage | v. | To relieve something unpleasant; to provide relief from something distressing or painful |
| 11/27/01 | unequivocal | adj. | Plain, clear, not ambiguous, (opposite of equivocal) |
| 11/20/01 | amenable | adj. | Obedient, agreeable, accountable |
| 11/13/01 | singularity | n. | 1. Something that is distinctive, unusual or remarkable; 2. a unique quality. |
| 11/06/01 | nefarious | adj. | Flagrant, wicked or impious, evil |
| 10/23/01 | serendipity | n. | The faculty of discovering desirable or valuable things accidentally or unexpectedly |
| 10/16/01 | propinquity | n. | Nearness in time or place or relationship; Kinship |
| 10/09/01 | permeate | v. | Pass through, spread |
| 10/02/01 | caveat | n. | a warning enjoining one from certain acts or practices; an explanation to prevent misinterpretation |
| 09/25/01 | resplendent | adj. | Brilliant, lustrous. |
| 09/18/01 | vituperate | vt. | To speak abusively to or about. |
| 09/11/01 | reciprocal | adj. | Given or felt by each toward the other; mutual; equivalent; counterpart; complement |
| 09/04/01 | debase | vt. | Cheapen, made lower in value, quality, character or dignity. |
| 08/28/01 | revamp | vt. | To revise, redo. |
| 08/21/01 | umbrage | n. | A feeling of resentment or offense. |
| 08/14/01 | accretion | n. | Growth in size, esp. By addition or accumulation. |
| 08/07/01 | collude | vi. | To have a secret share in a scheme; to conspire in a fraud. |
| 07/24/01 | procrastinate | vi., vt | to put off doing (something) until later, delay. |
| 07/17/01 | pedagogue | n. | A school teacher, educator, one who instructs in a pedantic or dogmatic manner. |
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07/10/01 | perspicacious | adj. | Discerning; Having keen judgment. |
| 07/03/01 | maven | n. | An expert or connoisseur. |
| 06/26/01 | debase | vt. | Cheapen, make lower in value, quality, dignity or character. |
| 06/19/01 | Fogy | n. | A dull old fashion person. |
| 06/12/01 | Hiatus | n. | An interruption in time or continuity. A gap in a sequence. |
| 05/22/01 | Longueur | adj. | A dull and tedious passage or section (as of a book). |
| 05/08/01 | Disputatious | adj. | Inclined to dispute, fond of arguing, contentious. |
| 05/01/01 | Expedient | adj. | Suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance, characterized by concern with “what is opportunistic” esp. governed by self-interest. |
| 04/24/01 | Nocuous | adj. | Harmful, poisonous, noxious. |
| 04/17/01 | Intractable | adj. | Hard to manage, unruly, stubborn. |
| 04/10/01 | Bucolic | adj. | Pastoral, relating to or typical of rural life. |
| 04/03/01 | Intrepid | adj. | To be not afraid, bold, very brave, fearless, dauntless. |
| 03/27/01 | Emulous | adj. | Ambitious, eager to emulate. |
| 03/20/01 | Salubrious | adj. | Favorable to or promoting health or well being. |
| 03/13/01 | Judicious | adj. | Having, applying, or showing sound judgment; wise & careful. |
| 03/06/01 | Elicit or Educe | vt. | To extract, obtain, extort. |
| 02/27/01 | Fatuous | adj. | Complacently stupid or inane; silly; foolish. |