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Thursday, 5th May 2005 5:39 PM
I hadn't cared to clear my inbox since the 6th day of April (studying for some exams you know) and I was literally swamped by all the Dictionary.com Word a Day emails. Here's a jist of all the new words I someday imagine to add to my lexicon.
detritus: debris.
obloquy: ill repute.
extant: still existing.
arbitrage: the nearly simultaneous purchase and sale of an asset in order to profit from price
discrepancies.
panegyric: an expression of formal or elaborate praise.
masticate: to chew.
fettle: a state or condition of fitness, order, or mind.
cavalcade: a procession.
enervate: to weaken.
atavism: reversion to a remote ancestral type or to an earlier form.
rara avis: a rare or unique person or thing.
euphonious: pleasing or sweet in sound.
scintilla: a tiny amount; a spark.
matutinal: relating to or occurring in the morning.
detritus: debris.
pusillanimous: cowardly.
extol: to praise.
intransigent: uncompromising.
palindrome: a word, verse, phrase, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward.
supplicate: to make a humble and earnest petition.
labile: open to change; apt or likely to change.
traduce: to vilify.
claque: a group of fawning admirers.