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TAKE THE QUIZWord of the Day
May 29, 2024
noisy, stubborn, and difficult to control
May 25, 2024
to cancel (an order) by giving a new one
May 2024
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May 01
cohesive
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May 02
forfend
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May 03
melee
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May 04
agrarian
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May 05
proliferate
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May 06
plangent
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May 07
extemporize
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May 08
reputation
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May 09
grudging
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May 10
bogart
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May 11
zhuzh
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May 12
torrid
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May 13
instigate
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May 14
caveat
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May 15
wane
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May 16
debacle
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May 17
lucrative
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May 18
artifice
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May 19
sequester
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May 20
futile
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May 21
neophyte
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May 22
belie
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May 23
panoply
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May 24
ebullient
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May 25
countermand
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May 26
symposium
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May 27
glean
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May 28
gadfly
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May 29
obstreperous
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May 30
dynasty
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May 31
foist
April 2024
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Apr 01
shambles
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Apr 02
ethereal
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Apr 03
lambaste
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Apr 04
praxis
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Apr 05
meticulous
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Apr 06
redoubt
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Apr 07
conjecture
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Apr 08
fatuous
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Apr 09
aegis
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Apr 10
vicarious
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Apr 11
discomfit
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Apr 12
surfeit
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Apr 13
brusque
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Apr 14
furlong
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Apr 15
purloin
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Apr 16
inalienable
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Apr 17
circumlocution
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Apr 18
qua
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Apr 19
underwhelm
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Apr 20
gingerly
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Apr 21
noblesse oblige
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Apr 22
palpable
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Apr 23
exodus
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Apr 24
burgeon
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Apr 25
tendentious
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Apr 26
homage
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Apr 27
assail
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Apr 28
ken
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Apr 29
inviolable
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Apr 30
demagogue
March 2024
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Mar 01
inveterate
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Mar 02
proximity
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Mar 03
connive
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Mar 04
salubrious
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Mar 05
luminary
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Mar 06
ad hominem
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Mar 07
descry
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Mar 08
Weltanschauung
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Mar 09
germane
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Mar 10
obeisance
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Mar 11
refurbish
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Mar 12
ulterior
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Mar 13
cacophony
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Mar 14
emulate
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Mar 15
hegemony
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Mar 16
querulous
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Mar 17
blarney
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Mar 18
tawdry
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Mar 19
allege
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Mar 20
flora
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Mar 21
scurrilous
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Mar 22
dragoon
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Mar 23
pedantic
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Mar 24
megillah
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Mar 25
genuflect
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Mar 26
kismet
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Mar 27
auxiliary
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Mar 28
flout
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Mar 29
braggadocio
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Mar 30
haphazard
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Mar 31
expiate
February 2024
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Feb 01
damask
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Feb 02
prognosticate
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Feb 03
acquisitive
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Feb 04
zeitgeber
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Feb 05
gratuitous
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Feb 06
signet
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Feb 07
absolve
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Feb 08
fissile
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Feb 09
MacGuffin
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Feb 10
callous
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Feb 11
quirk
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Feb 12
inveigh
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Feb 13
maladroit
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Feb 14
Cupid
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Feb 15
enervate
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Feb 16
turbid
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Feb 17
rapport
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Feb 18
fathom
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Feb 19
prestigious
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Feb 20
buttress
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Feb 21
lampoon
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Feb 22
haggard
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Feb 23
opprobrium
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Feb 24
voracious
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Feb 25
caterwaul
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Feb 26
retinue
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Feb 27
translucent
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Feb 28
jeopardy
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Feb 29
demean
January 2024
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Jan 01
incipient
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Jan 02
posse
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Jan 03
diligent
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Jan 04
skulk
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Jan 05
accolade
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Jan 06
circumspect
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Jan 07
retronym
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Jan 08
ferret
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Jan 09
ominous
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Jan 10
tenet
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Jan 11
mangle
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Jan 12
Elysian
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Jan 13
gargoyle
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Jan 14
cosplay
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Jan 15
oneiric
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Jan 16
bunkum
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Jan 17
whinge
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Jan 18
axiomatic
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Jan 19
harangue
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Jan 20
kindred
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Jan 21
conflate
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Jan 22
sarcasm
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Jan 23
unfettered
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Jan 24
capitulate
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Jan 25
vivacious
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Jan 26
lexicographer
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Jan 27
docile
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Jan 28
ne plus ultra
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Jan 29
emote
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Jan 30
bailiwick
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Jan 31
quotidian
December 2023
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Dec 01
bifurcate
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Dec 02
hive mind
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Dec 03
dexterous
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Dec 04
avoirdupois
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Dec 05
smite
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Dec 06
permeable
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Dec 07
tincture
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Dec 08
intrepid
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Dec 09
convalesce
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Dec 10
foolscap
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Dec 11
quixotic
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Dec 12
mentor
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Dec 13
exhort
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Dec 14
genial
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Dec 15
aplomb
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Dec 16
delve
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Dec 17
visceral
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Dec 18
raconteur
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Dec 19
overweening
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Dec 20
bowdlerize
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Dec 21
Kafkaesque
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Dec 22
purview
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Dec 23
nobby
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Dec 24
luminaria
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Dec 25
envisage
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Dec 26
chapfallen
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Dec 27
sangfroid
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Dec 28
ubiquitous
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Dec 29
glower
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Dec 30
arduous
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Dec 31
futurity
November 2023
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Nov 01
fuliginous
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Nov 02
analogue
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Nov 03
parse
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Nov 04
maelstrom
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Nov 05
requisite
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Nov 06
terraform
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Nov 07
cockamamie
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Nov 08
mien
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Nov 09
audacious
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Nov 10
suffuse
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Nov 11
valorous
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Nov 12
bugbear
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Nov 13
gravitate
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Nov 14
exigent
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Nov 15
chimera
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Nov 16
woebegone
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Nov 17
hallmark
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Nov 18
disabuse
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Nov 19
inordinate
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Nov 20
laissez-faire
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Nov 21
ransack
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Nov 22
boilerplate
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Nov 23
scrumptious
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Nov 24
nebbish
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Nov 25
abnegate
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Nov 26
olfactory
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Nov 27
culprit
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Nov 28
kinetic
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Nov 29
detritus
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Nov 30
felicitous
October 2023
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Oct 01
echt
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Oct 02
confection
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Oct 03
faze
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Oct 04
splenetic
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Oct 05
aficionado
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Oct 06
demarcate
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Oct 07
portentous
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Oct 08
obtain
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Oct 09
juncture
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Oct 10
berserk
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Oct 11
voracity
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Oct 12
gullible
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Oct 13
circumvent
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Oct 14
foliage
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Oct 15
hirsute
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Oct 16
acronym
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Oct 17
mollycoddle
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Oct 18
omnipotent
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Oct 19
quintessence
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Oct 20
dubious
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Oct 21
inculcate
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Oct 22
beholden
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Oct 23
threshold
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Oct 24
regale
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Oct 25
extraneous
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Oct 26
cadre
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Oct 27
shill
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Oct 28
irascible
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Oct 29
pandemonium
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Oct 30
werewolf
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Oct 31
eldritch
September 2023
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Sep 01
embargo
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Sep 02
copacetic
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Sep 03
upbraid
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Sep 04
gauntlet
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Sep 05
ambiguous
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Sep 06
pareidolia
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Sep 07
disingenuous
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Sep 08
redound
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Sep 09
bellwether
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Sep 10
orotund
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Sep 11
injunction
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Sep 12
fallible
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Sep 13
abstain
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Sep 14
harbinger
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Sep 15
demure
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Sep 16
mellifluous
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Sep 17
shofar
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Sep 18
zenith
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Sep 19
pontificate
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Sep 20
churlish
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Sep 21
regimen
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Sep 22
mesmerize
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Sep 23
tenebrous
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Sep 24
lionize
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Sep 25
quorum
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Sep 26
grok
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Sep 27
nepotism
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Sep 28
fervid
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Sep 29
coax
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Sep 30
palmy
August 2023
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Aug 01
perquisite
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Aug 02
contiguous
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Aug 03
incarcerate
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Aug 04
gumption
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Aug 05
aggrandize
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Aug 06
debonair
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Aug 07
malaise
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Aug 08
preen
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Aug 09
reticent
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Aug 10
encomium
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Aug 11
boycott
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Aug 12
fungible
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Aug 13
travesty
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Aug 14
asunder
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Aug 15
nexus
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Aug 16
chasten
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Aug 17
volatile
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Aug 18
inkling
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Aug 19
slake
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Aug 20
balmy
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Aug 21
frisson
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Aug 22
lackluster
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Aug 23
duplicity
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Aug 24
empirical
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Aug 25
quiescent
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Aug 26
suffrage
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Aug 27
myriad
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Aug 28
assay
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Aug 29
oxymoron
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Aug 30
caustic
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Aug 31
pundit
July 2023
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Jul 01
whimsical
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Jul 02
prowess
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Jul 03
embezzle
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Jul 04
girandole
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Jul 05
abscond
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Jul 06
dog days
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Jul 07
mitigate
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Jul 08
rectitude
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Jul 09
thwart
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Jul 10
bon vivant
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Jul 11
loquacious
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Jul 12
forte
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Jul 13
outlandish
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Jul 14
comprise
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Jul 15
salvo
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Jul 16
cogent
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Jul 17
homily
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Jul 18
glom
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Jul 19
dauntless
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Jul 20
vagary
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Jul 21
ameliorate
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Jul 22
illustrious
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Jul 23
corollary
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Jul 24
evince
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Jul 25
null
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Jul 26
stoic
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Jul 27
plaintive
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Jul 28
disavow
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Jul 29
bully pulpit
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Jul 30
filch
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Jul 31
ancillary
June 2023
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Jun 01
gist
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Jun 02
obstinate
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Jun 03
meet-cute
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Jun 04
concatenate
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Jun 05
yips
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Jun 06
trenchant
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Jun 07
blandishment
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Jun 08
etiquette
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Jun 09
saturnine
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Jun 10
advocate
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Jun 11
redux
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Jun 12
inchmeal
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Jun 13
fruition
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Jun 14
dissemble
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Jun 15
vox populi
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Jun 16
perennial
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Jun 17
microcosm
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Jun 18
reconcile
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Jun 19
indomitable
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Jun 20
nudnik
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Jun 21
assuage
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Jun 22
jaundiced
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Jun 23
hashtag
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Jun 24
sashay
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Jun 25
lambent
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Jun 26
consigliere
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Jun 27
pungent
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Jun 28
kludge
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Jun 29
dyed-in-the-wool
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Jun 30
facilitate
