| May 25 - 29, 2009 |
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colloquial
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obscure – unclear, partially hidden
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palette – a range of colors or qualities |
perplex – to confuse |
pittance – a very small amount, especially relating to money |
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obstreperous – noisy, unruly |
paradox – an apparently contradictory statement that is perhaps true |
perspicacity – shrewdness, perceptiveness |
poignant – deeply affecting, moving |
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concoct
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ornate – highly elaborate, excessively decorated
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penitent – remorseful, regretful |
philanthropic – charitable, giving |
potentate – one who has great power, a ruler
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| May 18 - 22, 2009 |
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impertinent – rude, insolent
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indolent – lazy
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laudatory – expressing admiration or praise |
maelstrom – a destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects |
nomadic – wandering from place to place |
| impregnable – resistant to capture or penetration |
ingenious – clever, resourceful |
lithe – graceful, flexible, supple |
maxim – a common saying expressing a principle of conduct |
nominal – trifling, insignificant |
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indigenous – originating in a region
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iniquity – wickedness or sin
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luminous – brightly shining |
mollify – to soften in temper |
nuance – a slight variation in meaning, tone, expression
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| May 11 - 15, 2009 |
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extol – to praise, revere
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fabricate – to make up, invent
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forage – to graze, rummage for food |
grandiloquence – lofty, pompous language |
harangue – a ranting speech, to give such a speech |
| expunge – to obliterate, eradicate |
flout – to disregard of disobey openly |
forlorn – lonely, abandoned, hopeless |
gratuitous – uncalled for, unwarranted |
hegemony – domination over others |
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exult – to rejoice
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fetter – to chain, restrain
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fractious – troublesome, irritable |
gregarious – drawn to the company of others, sociable |
hierarchy – a system with ranked groups, usually according to social, economic, or professional class
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| May 4 - 8, 2009 |
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Diffuse – to scatter, thin out, break up
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Dispel – to drive away, scatter
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ecstatic – intensely and overpoweringly happy |
elated – overjoyed, thrilled |
epistolary – relating to or contained in letters |
| Discern – to perceive, detect |
Distend – to swell out |
edict - an order or decree |
embellish – to decorate, adorn, to add details to |
equivocal – ambiguous, uncertain, undecided |
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Disgruntled – upset, not content
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Divine – godly, exceedingly wonderful
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effervescent – bubbly, lively |
embezzle – to steal money by falsifying records |
espouse – to take up as a cause, support
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| April 27 - May 1, 2009 |
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colloquial – characteristic of informal conversation
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confidant – a person entrusted with secrets
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corpulence – extreme fatness |
debacle – a disastrous failure, disruption |
demarcation – the marking of boundaries or categories |
| complicit – being an accomplice in a wrongful act |
congregation – a gathering of people, especially for religious services |
coup - a brilliant unexpected act, the overthrow of a government |
decorous – socially proper, appropriate |
denounce – to criticize publicly |
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concoct – to fabricate, make up
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consonant – in harmony
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cursory – brief to the point of being superficial |
deliberate – intentional, reflecting careful consideration |
derelict – abandoned, run-down
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| April 20 - 24, 2009 |
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colossus – a gigantic statue or thing
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congeal – to thicken into a solid
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conundrum – puzzle, problem |
dearth – a lack, scarcity |
dialect – a variation of a language |
| commodious – roomy |
contemporaneous – existing during the same time |
corrosive – having the tendency to erode or eat away |
deplore – to feel or express sorrow, disapproval |
diminutive – small or miniature |
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compliant – ready to adapt oneself to another’s wishes
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contrite – penitent, eager to be forgiven
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cunning – sly, clever at being deceitful |
desecrate – to violate the sacredness of a thing or place |
discomfit – to thwart, baffle |
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| April 13 - 17, 2009 |
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benign – favorable, not threatening, mild
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canny – shrewd, careful |
chronological – arranged in order of time |
cloying – sickening sweet |
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bias – a tendency, inclination, prejudice |
captivate – to get the attention of, hold |
circumscribed – marked off, bounded |
cobbler – a person who makes or repairs shoes |
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burnish – to polish, shine
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carouse - to party, celebrate |
cleave – to divide into parts |
coherent – logically consistent, intelligible |
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