Wiktionary:Word of the day/Archive/2006/June

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for June 1
limpid adj
  1. Clear, particularly transparent or bright
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billow v
  1. To surge or roll in undulating waves.
  2. To swell out or bulge
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for June 3
vector n
  1. (mathematics): A directed quantity, with both magnitude and direction.
  2. A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft.
  3. (medicine): A carrier of a disease-causing agent
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for June 4
rustic adj
  1. Country-styled or pastoral; rural.
  2. Rough, crude
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for June 5
hydroplane v
  1. To skim the surface of a body of water while moving at high speed
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for June 6
sesquicentennial adj
  1. Occurring every 150 years.
  2. Of, or relating to a 150 year anniversary
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for June 7
oeuvre n
  1. The complete body of work created by an artist or writer
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for June 8
ilk n
  1. Kind, sort, type, class of people, those that resemble or behave like a certain person
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for June 9
solicit v
  1. To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
  2. To woo; to court.
  3. To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior
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for June 10
equipoise n
  1. A state of balance; equilibrium.
  2. A counterbalance
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for June 11
cardinal adj
  1. Of fundamental importance, as in "a cardinal rule".
  2. Describing a number used in counting, e.g., one, two, three
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for June 12
ballyhoo v
  1. To sensationalise or make grand claims.
  2. To shout noisily or in an uproar
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for June 13
paradigm n
  1. A model or example.
  2. (grammar) The inflections of a word, often displayed as a table.
  3. A way of thinking, perceiving, or approaching work in some context
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for June 14
erudite adj
  1. Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books
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for June 15
poobah n
  1. A person holding multiple offices or positions of power, all at the same time
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for June 16
ubiquitous adj
  1. Being everywhere at once; omnipresent.
  2. Seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
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for June 17
absquatulate v
  1. To leave quickly or in a hurry; to take oneself off; to depart
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for June 18
fissiparous adj
  1. Factious, fragmenting, or tending to break into pieces.
  2. (biology): Of cells that reproduce through fission, splitting into two
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for June 19
mollify v
  1. To ease a burden or make less painful; to comfort.
  2. To appease
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for June 20
spoonerism n
  1. A phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are accidentally transposed
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for June 21
nirvana n
  1. The absence of all longing.
  2. A state of paradise; heightened or great pleasure.
  3. A blissful state attained through loss of self; enlightenment
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for June 22
posthaste adv
  1. Quickly; with great rapidity
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for June 23
zygodactylous adj
  1. Having two toes pointing forward and two toes pointing backward
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for June 24
chrestomathy n
  1. A collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language
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for June 25
unguent n
  1. Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes
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for June 26
jocular adj
  1. Humorous, amusing or joking
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for June 27
rorqual n
  1. Any whale with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity mouth to expand greatly when feeding
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for June 28
tantalize v
  1. To tease someone by offering something desirable but keeping it out of reach
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for June 29
fascicle n
  1. A bundle.
  2. A section a book that is issued in parts.
  3. (anatomy): A bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by connective tissue.
  4. (botany): A cluster of flowers or leaves, or a bundle of vascular tissue
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for June 30
mondegreen n
  1. A form of error arising from mishearing a spoken or sung phrase
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