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Word For Today: January 14, 2012
Captious
Preferential
Plurality
Apt to notice and much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please.
Proceeding from a faultfinding or caviling disposition.
Apt or designed to ensnare or perplex, especially in argument
It is amazing how captious she can be when reviewing my work efforts.
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of preference.
Showing or giving preference
Receiving or enjoying preference
Annette seems to always receive preferential treatment when the schedule is developed.
The excess of votes received by the leading candidate, in an election in where there are three or more candidates, over those received by the next candidate.
More than half of the whole; the majority.
A number greater than one.
Fact of being numerous.
A large number; magnitude.
He received a plurality of votes in this mid-term election.
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