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Word of the Day
WOD
Quiz 1 Thursday March 2016
Monday
Feb 6,
nascent -
in the process of being born or coming into existence
Tuesday
Feb 7,
confluence -
a gathering together
Wednesday
Feb 8
,
esoteric -
understood by only a select few
Thursday
Feb, 9
grandiloquence -
lofty, pompous language
Friday
Feb 10,
potable -
suitable for drinking
Monday
Feb 13,
efficacious -
effective
Tuesday
Feb 14,
privation -
lacking basic necessities
Wednesday
Feb 15,
inextricable -
hopelessly tangled or entangled
Thursday
Feb 16
,
duplicity
-
crafty dishonesty
Friday
Feb 17,
torrid -
giving off intense heat, passionate
Tuesday
Feb 21,
fabricate
-
to make up, invent
Wednesday
Feb 22,
tantamount -
equivalent in value or significance
Thursday
Feb 23,
inimical -
hostile, enemylike
Friday
Feb 24,
propitious -
favorable
Monday
Feb 27,
ostracism -
exclusion from a group
Tuesday
Feb 28
,
pejorative -
derogatory, uncomplimentary
Wednesday
Mar 1,
swarthy -
of dark color or complexion
Word of the Day
WOD
Quiz 2: April 18
Thursday
Mar 2
ruminate
to contemplate, reflect
Friday
Mar 3
stoic
unaffected by passion or feeling
Monday
Mar 6
despondent
feeling depressed, discouraged, hopeless
Tuesday
Mar 7
augment
to add to, expand
Wednesday
Mar 8
tremulous
fearful
Thursday
Mar 9
temerity
audacity, recklessness
Friday
Mar 10
fetid
having a foul odor
Monday
Mar 20
noxious
harmful, unwholesome
Tuesday
Mar 21
putrid
rotten, foul
Wednesday
Mar 22
assuage
to ease, pacify
Thursday
Mar 23
tractable
easily controlled
Friday
Mar 24
pernicious
extremely destructive or harmful
Monday
Mar 27
amenable
willing, compliant
Tuesday
Mar 28
allay
to soothe, ease
Wednesday
Mar 29
mercurial
characterized by rapid change or temperamentality
Thursday
Mar 30
amorphous
without definite shape or type
Friday
Mar 31
protean
able to change shape; displaying great variety
Monday
Apr 3
intractable
difficult to manipulate, unmanageable
Tuesday
Apr 4
transmute
to change or alter in form
Wednesday
Apr 5
ascetic
practicing restraint as a means of self-discipline, usually religious
Thursday
Apr 6
dubious
doubtful, or uncertain quality
Monday
Apr 10
equanimity
composure
Tuesday
Apr 11
frenetic
frenzied, hectic, frantic
Wednesday
Apr 12
feral
wild, savage
Thursday
Apr 13
undulate
to move in waves