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peripeteia: Dictionary.com Word of the Day [02 Oct 2015|12:00am]
peripeteia: a sudden turn of events or an unexpected reversal.
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espial: Dictionary.com Word of the Day [01 Oct 2015|12:00am]
espial: the act of spying.
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birling: Dictionary.com Word of the Day [30 Sep 2015|12:00am]
birling: a game played by lumberjacks, in which each tries to balance longest on a floating log while rotating the log with the feet.
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anomia: Dictionary.com Word of the Day [29 Sep 2015|12:00am]
anomia: the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects.
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wayworn: Dictionary.com Word of the Day [28 Sep 2015|12:00am]
wayworn: worn or wearied by travel.
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minimax: Dictionary.com Word of the Day [27 Sep 2015|12:00am]
minimax: a strategy of game theory employed to minimize a player's maximum possible loss.
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galumph: Dictionary.com Word of the Day [26 Sep 2015|12:00am]
galumph: to move along heavily and clumsily.
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donnybrook: Dictionary.com Word of the Day [25 Sep 2015|12:00am]
donnybrook: an inordinately wild fight or contentious dispute; brawl; free-for-all.
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scorbutic: Dictionary.com Word of the Day [24 Sep 2015|12:00am]
scorbutic: pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with scurvy.
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snickersnee: Dictionary.com Word of the Day [23 Sep 2015|12:00am]
snickersnee: a knife, especially one used as a weapon.
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penitent: Dictionary.com Word of the Day [22 Sep 2015|12:00am]
penitent: feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite.
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enervate: Dictionary.com Word of the Day [21 Sep 2015|12:00am]
enervate: to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken.
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timocracy: Dictionary.com Word of the Day [20 Sep 2015|12:00am]
timocracy: a form of government in which love of honor is the dominant motive of the rulers.
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gingerly: Dictionary.com Word of the Day [19 Sep 2015|12:00am]
gingerly: with great care or caution; warily.
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shibboleth: Dictionary.com Word of the Day [18 Sep 2015|12:00am]
shibboleth: a peculiarity of pronunciation, behavior, mode of dress, etc., that distinguishes a particular class or set of persons.
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too-too: Dictionary.com Word of the Day [17 Sep 2015|12:00am]
too-too: excessively and tastelessly affected.
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crackerjack: Dictionary.com Word of the Day [16 Sep 2015|12:00am]
crackerjack: a person or thing that shows marked ability or excellence.
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tommyrot: Dictionary.com Word of the Day [15 Sep 2015|12:00am]
tommyrot: nonsense; utter foolishness.
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mollify: Dictionary.com Word of the Day [14 Sep 2015|12:00am]
mollify: to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
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genesis: Dictionary.com Word of the Day [13 Sep 2015|12:00am]
genesis: an origin, creation, or beginning.
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