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RANCOR : (noun) a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will; usage : They cheated me, but I feel no rancour towards/against them.
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TREMULOUS : (adj.) (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear; usage : spoke timidly in a tremulous voice; synonyms : quavering
4:07 AM Dec 16th
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usage : The professor's malapropisms were getting worse by the day.
6:10 AM Dec 15th
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MALAPROPISM : (n) the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar; tweeted by MnemonicDictionary.com
6:09 AM Dec 15th
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PASTICHE : (n) a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work;usage : Her novel was written as an eighteenth century pastiche.
5:08 AM Dec 14th
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MALFEASANCE : (noun) wrongful conduct by a public official; usage : The officer was arrested for malfeasance.
3:53 AM Dec 13th
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PULCHRITUDE : (n) physical beauty (especially of a woman);Her pulchritude combined with her gentle nature won her admiration the world over.
2:48 AM Dec 12th
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PUGNACITY : (n) a natural disposition to be hostile; Kumar’s pugnacity made him very unpopular with his colleagues in the office.
2:22 AM Dec 11th
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OVERWEENING : (adj.) unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; usage : overweening ambition, overweening greed; synonym : excessive
3:57 AM Dec 10th
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I ain't gonna bathe on Sundays, and make'em green. Sounds fun? Visit and join in.
10:20 AM Dec 9th
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MONOTHEISM : (noun) belief in a single God; usage : Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are based on the principle of monotheism.
4:01 AM Dec 9th
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QUAGMIRE : (n) a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot; synonym : mire ; Her feet were gradually sinking into the quagmire.
3:01 AM Dec 7th
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PUMMEL : (verb) strike, usually with the fist; usage : The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators; synonyms : biff , pommel
1:13 AM Dec 6th
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PISCATORIAL : (adj.) relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing; usage : He was quite satisfied with his piscatorial life.
1:32 AM Dec 5th
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SOOTHSAYER : (noun) someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge); synonyms : forecaster,predictor
2:42 AM Dec 3rd
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PRIVATION : (noun) act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; usage : nutritional privation; synonyms : deprivation
3:04 AM Dec 2nd
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EUTHANASIA : (noun) the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness); synonyms : mercy killing
12:38 AM Nov 29th
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SANGUINARY : (adj.) marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed; synonyms : bloodthirsty , bloody-minded;
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1:28 AM Nov 26th
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SQUEAMISH : (adj.) excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; usage :so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow;
1:28 AM Nov 26th
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