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

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brazen-faced adj
Impudent; open and without shame
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hedonism n
(philosophy): The belief that pleasure or happiness is the highest good in life. A lifestyle based on or implying hedonism
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sublimate v
(chemistry): To change state from a solid to a gas (or from a gas to a solid) without passing through the liquid state. To redirect the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable activity
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caesura n
A a pause or interruption in a poem, music, building or other work of art. In Classical prosody, using two words to divide a metrical foot
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nemorous adj
Full of trees, dark with shady groves
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sidereal adj
Pertaining to the stars. (astronomy): Pertaining to a measurement of time made relative to the position of the stars
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ameliorate v
To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem
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funambulate v
To walk on ropes; to tightrope-walk
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phantasmagoria n
A series of events involving rapid changes in light intensity and colour. A dreamlike state where real and imagined elements are blurred together
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galvanise v
To To shock or stimulate into sudden activity. To coat with rust-resistant zinc. (chemistry): To coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means
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deasil adv
Clockwise; following the direction of the sun's movement. Turning towards the right
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pontificate v
To to speak at length or be unnecessarily wordy, often in a patronizing or pompous manner. To express one's position as if it is absolutely right. To preside, as at a religious ceremony
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fermata n
(music): A notation to hold a note for longer than its usual duration, until the conductor cuts it off
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clandestine adj
Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose
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mete v
To measure. To dispense punishment or suffering
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vicarious adj
Experienced or gained through someone else; done by watching or reading rather than through personal experience
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diphthong n
(phonetics): A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel
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ardor n
Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion
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reconnoiter v
To survey something (generally an enemy's land and position)
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internecine adj
Mutually destructive, most often applied to warfare. Struggle within a group, usually applied to an ethnic or familial relationship
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thaumaturgy n
The working of miracles. Magic, witchcraft, wizardry
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expectorate v
To cough up fluid from the lungs. To spit
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nadir n
(astronomy): The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith. The lowest point; time of greatest depression
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quaquaversal adj
Going off in all directions at once
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exiguous adj
Extremely scanty; meager
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synecdoche n
A form of metaphor, whereby an inclusive term stands for something included, or vice versa
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bellwether n
Anything that indicates future trends
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wroth adj
Full of anger; wrathful
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assuage v
To lessen the intensity of; to pacify; to soothe
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southpaw n
A left-handed person, especially in sports
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