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PROGRESS UPDATE

Learn a new word every day for a year

A goal of Shelly Lorrain Durkee on their 101 Things in 1001 Days: Take 2! list with a status of Done.
226 - Bathetic - Producing an unintentional effect of anticlimax

227 - Eristic - Of or characterized by debate or argument

228 - Hamartia - A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine

229 - Manticore - A mythical beast typically depicted as having the body of a lion, the face of a man, and the sting of a scorpian

230 - Sylph - A mythical being like a sprite or fairy

231 - Collywobbles - Pain in the abdomen and especially the stomach

232 - Termagant - A harsh-tempered or overbearing woman

233 - Confabulate - Engage in conversation; talk

234 - Pellucid - Translucently clear. Easily understood; lucid.

235 - Battology - The unnecessary repetition of words

236 - Thrasonical - Boastful, vainglorious

237 - Bowdlerize - Remove material that is considered improper or offensive from a text or account, especially with the result that it becomes weaker or less effective

238 - Gaucherie - A socially awkward or tactless act.

239 - Puchritude - Physical beauty; comeliness

240 - Guttle - Eat or drink greedily and noisily

241 - Adjuration - A solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something

242 - Solecism - A grammatical mistake in speech or writing. A breach of good manners; a piece of incorrect behavior

243 - Nocebo - A substance that causes undesirable side effects as a result of a patient's perception that it is harmful rather than as a result of causative ingredients

244 - Truckle - Submit or behave obsequiously

245 - Embonpoint - Plumpness of person

246 - Swivet - A fluster or panic

247 - Comminuted - Reduced to minute particles or fragments

248 - Penurious - Extremely poor; poverty-stricken

249 - Chaptalize - To add sugar to a fermenting wine to increase the alcohol content

250 - Sybaritic - Fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulgent
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