Word Power

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October 5, 2007

paroxysm \PAIR-uhk-siz-uhm\, noun:
1. (Medicine) A sudden attack, intensification, or recurrence of a disease.
2. Any sudden and violent emotion or action; an outburst; a fit.

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October 6, 2007

exiguous \ig-ZIG-yoo-us\, adjective:
Extremely scanty; meager.

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October 7, 2007

facetious \fuh-SEE-shuhs\, adjective:
1. Given to jesting; playfully jocular.
2. Amusing; intended to be humorous; not serious.

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October 8, 2007

maladroit \mal-uh-DROYT\, adjective:
Lacking adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful; inept.

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October 9, 2007

physiognomy \fiz-ee-OG-nuh-mee; -ON-uh-mee\, noun:
1. The art of discovering temperament and other characteristic qualities of the mind from the outward appearance, especially by the features of the face.
2. The face or facial features, especially when regarded as indicating character.
3. The general appearance or aspect of a thing.

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October 10, 2007

slake \SLAYK\, transitive verb:
1. To satisfy; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.
2. To cause to lessen; to make less active or intense; to moderate; as, slaking his anger.
3. To cause (as lime) to heat and crumble by treatment with water.

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October 11, 2007

palindrome \PAL-in-drohm\, noun:
A word, phrase, sentence, or verse that reads the same backward or forward.

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October 11, 2007

palindrome \PAL-in-drohm\, noun:
A word, phrase, sentence, or verse that reads the same backward or forward.

For example:

"Oh no! Don Ho!"

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October 11, 2007

palindrome \PAL-in-drohm\, noun:
A word, phrase, sentence, or verse that reads the same backward or forward.

For example:

"Oh no! Don Ho!"

And race car and noon and toot.

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October 12, 2007

truckle \TRUHK-uhl\, intransitive verb:
To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to act in a subservient manner.

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October 13, 2007

agglomeration \uh-glom-uh-RAY-shuhn\, noun:
1. The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
2. A jumbled cluster or mass of usually varied elements.

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October 14, 2007

impervious \im-PUR-vee-uhs\, adjective:
1. Not admitting of entrance or passage through; impenetrable.
2. Not capable of being harmed or damaged.
3. Not capable of being affected.

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October 15, 2007

purblind \PUR-blynd\, adjective:
1. Having greatly reduced vision.
2. Lacking in insight or discernment.

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October 16, 2007

quotidian \kwoh-TID-ee-uhn\, adjective:
1. Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever.
2. Of an everyday character; ordinary; commonplace.

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October 17, 2007

extant \EK-stunt; ek-STANT\, adjective:
Still existing; not destroyed, lost, or extinct.