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December 2, 2008


bulwark \BUL-wurk; -wawrk\, noun, verb:
1. to defend or protect, serve as a bulwark; shelter

noun:
1. a person, thing, or concept that is a defense or protection
2. an embankment of earth or other material used as a defense against a threat; rampart

nounpl.:
1. the sides of a ship extending like a fence above the deck level

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December 3, 2008


caitiff \KAY-tif\, noun, adjective:
1. cowardly and mean

noun:
1. a mean, cowardly person

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December 4, 2008


curio \KYOOR-ee-oh\, noun:
a valued, novel object; an object valued as a curiosity, often a collectible

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December 5, 2008


dissever \dih-SEV-uhr\, verb:
to separate or part; sever

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December 6, 2008


sentinel \SEN-tuhn-uhl\, noun, verb:
1. to stand guard and watch

noun:
1. a person stationed to keep watch and guard

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December 7, 2008


sequacious \sih-KWAY-shuhs\, adjective:
1. proceeding smoothly and regularly
2. disposed to follow, especially slavishly

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December 8, 2008


sepulcher \SEP-uhl-kuhr\, noun:
1. a burial place; tomb
2. a structure or niche in a church in which sacred relics are deposited on Good Friday and removed on Easter

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December 9, 2008


elocution \el-uh-KYOO-shuhn\, noun:
the art of speaking or reading clearly in public, including gestures, pronunciation, and tones

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December 10. 2008


homologous \huh-MOL-uh-guhs; hoh-\, adjective:
1. corresponding in position, proportion, structure, value, or other property
2. in biology, corresponding in type of structure and in origin but not necessarily in appearance or function
3. in chemistry, belonging to a series where successive members differ regularly in formula, especially a series of organic compounds differing by multiples of CH2, such as the alcohols and aldehydes

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December 11, 2008


ablaut \ABH-lout\, noun:
the systematic substitution of one root vowel sound for another in different inflectional forms or derivatives of a word, as in ring, rang, rung

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December 12, 2008


beatific \bee-uh-TIF-ik\, adjective:
1. exaltedly happy; blissful
2. blessing or making exceedingly happy

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December 13, 2008


cached \kasht\, adjective:
1. stored; hidden
2. in computing, stored in a part of memory used as a cache

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December 14, 2008

dastard \DAS-terd\, noun:
a mean coward

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December 15, 2008

ecclesiastical \i-klee-zee-AS-ti-kuhl\, adjective:
of or having to do with the church or clergy

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December 16, 2008

fabricate \FAB-ri-keyt\, verb:
1. to make, build, or construct
2. to make up, invent
3. to fake or forge a document or signature