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Oct 29
causerie
n - informal chat
Oct 30
descry
v - to catch sight of or to discover
Oct 31
imbroglio
n - a confused mass
Nov 1
apodictic
adj - expressing absolute certainty
Nov 2
clew
n - ball of thread, cord or yarn
Nov 3
tin-pot
adj - cheap or trivial of its
Nov 4
stridulate
v - to make a shrill creaking noise when rubbing 2 body parts together
Nov 5
parable
n - a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle
Nov 6
esemplastic
adj - shaping or having the power to shape disparate things into a unified whole
Nov 7
archetype
n - the original pattern to model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies: prototype
Nov 8
mandarin
adj - of, relating to, or typical of a public official in the Chinese Empire of any of nine superior grades
Nov 9
cotton
v - to take a liking — used with to
Nov 10
pathos
n - an emotion of sympathetic pity
Nov 11
doughty
adj - marked by fearless resolution
Nov 12
shilly-shally
v - to show hesitation or lack of decisiveness or resolution
Nov 13
roue
n - a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure
Nov 14
stellar
adj - outstanding
Nov 15
proximity
n - the quality or state of being proximate : closeness
Nov 16
lallygag
v - to spend time idly
Nov 17
jalousie
n - a blind with adjustable horizontal slats for admitting light and air while excluding direct sun and rain
Nov 18
belaud
v - to praise usually to excess
Nov 19
fervid
adj - marked by often extreme intensity of feeling
Nov 20
bombinate
v - to make a sustained deep murmuring, humming, or buzzing sound
Nov 21
wifty
adj - eccentrically silly, giddy, or inane : ditzy
Nov 22
obliterate
v - to remove from recognition or memory
Nov 23
non sequitur
n - an inference that does not follow from the premises
Nov 24
mucilanginous
adj - sticky, viscid
Nov 25
viand
n - an item of food; especially : a choice or tasty dish
Nov 26
illustrious
adj - notably or brilliantly outstanding because of dignity or achievements or actions
Nov 27
anneal
v - to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle; also : to cool slowly usually in a furnace
Nov 28
harbinger
one that initiates a major change : a person or thing that originates or helps open up a new activity, method, or technology
Nov 29
bludge
to avoid work or responsibility
