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Saturday, April 24th, 2010 | Author:

adjective [frak-shuhs]
1. Tending to cause trouble; unruly.
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Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 | Author:

adjective [sur-uhp-tish-uhs]
1. Obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
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Saturday, March 06th, 2010 | Author:

adjective [kwik-sot-ik]
1. Caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
2. Capricious; impulsive; unpredictable.
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010 | Author:

adjective [sangk-tuh-moh-nee-uhs]
1. Making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.: They resented his sanctimonious comments on immorality in America.
2. Holy; sacred.
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010 | Author:

adjective [in-ek-ser-uh-buhl]
1. Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless.
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010 | Author:

adjective [ih-gree-juhs]
1. Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible.
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010 | Author:

adjective [ser-kyoo-i-tuhs]
1. Roundabout; not direct: a circuitous route; a circuitous argument.
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 | Author:

adjective [muh-lev-uh-luhnt]
1. Wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
2. Evil; harmful; injurious: a malevolent inclination to destroy the happiness of others.
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Tuesday, February 09th, 2010 | Author:

adjective [in-trep-id]
1. Fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit.
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Tuesday, February 09th, 2010 | Author:

adjective [fach-oo-uhs]
1. Inanely foolish and unintelligent; stupid.
2. Illusory; delusive.
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Tuesday, February 09th, 2010 | Author:

adjective [suh-lis-i-tuhs]
1. Manifesting or expressing care or concern.
2. Full of anxiety or concern; apprehensive.
3. Extremely careful; meticulous.
4. Full of desire; eager.
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Tuesday, February 09th, 2010 | Author:

adjective [ri-kal-si-truhnt]
1. Stubbornly resistant to and defiant of authority or restraint.
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Friday, February 05th, 2010 | Author:

adjective [kuh-prish-uhs]
1. Apt to change suddenly; whimsical; changeable.
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Friday, February 05th, 2010 | Author:

adjective [ap-uh-zit]
1. Being of striking appropriateness and relevance; very applicable; apt
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Thursday, February 04th, 2010 | Author:

adjective [pi-kyoo-nee-er-ee]
1. Relating to money; monetary.
2. Consisting of money.
3. Requiring payment of money.
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Monday, February 01st, 2010 | Author:

adjective [fluh-jish-uhs]
1. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; — said of acts, crimes, etc.
2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; — said of persons.
3. Characterized by enormous crimes or scandalous vices; as, “flagitious times.”
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Monday, February 01st, 2010 | Author:

adjective [kwoh-tid-ee-uhn]
1. Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever.
2. Of an everyday character; ordinary; commonplace.
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Sunday, January 31st, 2010 | Author:

adjective [ruh-pey-shuhs]
1. Given to plunder; seizing by force.
2. Subsisting on prey.
3. Grasping; greedy.
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Sunday, January 31st, 2010 | Author:

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1. Agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; real; true; genuine.
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Friday, June 26th, 2009 | Author:

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1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
2. Expressed in a proverb or proverbs: proverbial wisdom.
3. Of the nature of or resembling a proverb: proverbial sayings.
4. Having been made the subject of a proverb: the proverbial barn door which is closed too late.
5. Having become an object of common mention or reference: your proverbial inability to get anywhere on time.
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 | Author:

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1. Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; inactive.
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009 | Author:

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1. Harmless; producing no ill effect.
2. Not likely to offend or provoke; as, “an innocuous remark.”
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Saturday, June 20th, 2009 | Author:

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1. Very talkative.
2. Full of excessive talk; wordy.
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009 | Author:

adjective
1. Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous.
2. Cruel; destructive; ruthless.
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Sunday, June 14th, 2009 | Author:

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1. rigorous; unusually severe or cruel:
2. exceedingly harsh; very severe: a draconian legal code; draconian budget cuts.
1876 (earlier Draconic, 1680), from Draco, Gk. statesman who laid down a code of laws for Athens 621 B.C.E. that mandated death as punishment for minor crimes.
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