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June 13, 2009

prestidigitation \pres-tuh-dij-uh-TAY-shuhn\ , noun:
Skill in or performance of tricks; sleight of hand.


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June 14, 2009

aver \uh-VUR\ , transitive verb:
1. To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.
2. (Law) To assert, claim, or declare as a fact.


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June 15, 2009


effulgence \i-FUL-juhn(t)s\ , noun:
The state of being bright and radiant; splendor; brilliance.


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June 16,2009

salutary \SAL-yuh-ter-ee\ , adjective:
1. Producing or contributing to a beneficial effect; beneficial; advantageous.
2. Wholesome; healthful; promoting health.


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June 17, 2009

gravid \GRAV-id\ , adjective:
Being with child; heavy with young or eggs; pregnant.


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June 18, 2009

prescience \PREE-shuns; PREE-shee-uns; PRESH-uns; PRESH-ee-uns; PREE-see-uns; PRES-ee-uns\ , noun:
Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight.
--prescient adjective

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June 19,2009

nimiety \nih-MY-uh-tee\ , noun:
The state of being too much; excess.


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June 20, 2009

ebullient \ih-BUL-yuhnt\ , adjective:
1. Overflowing with enthusiasm or excitement; high-spirited.
2. Boiling up or over.


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June 21, 2009

tutelary \TOO-tuh-lair-ee; TYOO-\ , adjective:
Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as, "tutelary goddesses."

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June 22, 2009

copse \KOPS\ , noun:
A thicket or grove of small trees.


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June 23, 2009

pule \PYOOL\ , intransitive verb:
To whimper; to whine.


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June 24, 2009

daedal \DEE-duhl\ , adjective:
1. Complex or ingenious in form or function; intricate.
2. Skillful; artistic; ingenious.
3. Rich; adorned with many things.


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June 25, 2009

sough \SAU; SUHF\ , intransitive verb:
1. To make a soft, low sighing or rustling sound, as the wind.

noun:
1. A soft, low rustling or sighing sound.


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June 26, 2009

encomium \en-KOH-mee-uhm\, noun;
plural encomiums or encomia \-mee-uh\:
An often formal expression of warm or high praise.


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June 27, 2009

quidnunc \KWID-nuhngk\, noun:
One who is curious to know everything that passes; one who knows or pretends to know all that is going on; a gossip; a busybody.



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