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Words For Today:  March 28, 2012

Contentious

Crackle

Peaceful

Contentious

Tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome.

Causing, involving, or characterized by argument.

The argument that was being put forth by the attorneys on behalf of their client was mostly contentious rather than conciliatory.

Crackle

To make slight, sudden, sharp noises.

To exhibit liveliness, vibrancy.

He heard a crackle noise coming from the roof as he climbed the ladder.

Peaceful

Free from strife, commotion, violence or disorder.

Not argumentative, quarrelsome or hostile.

His mountain home tucked between the grove of trees was peaceful and relaxing for him. 

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Words For Today:  March 27, 2012


Undress

Sizzle

Semblance

Undress

To take the clothes off a person; disrobe.
To remove the dressing from a wound.

One must undress to receive a true and accurate reading of their weight.

Sizzle

To make a hissing sound.
To be very hot.

The sizzle sound coming from the grill was a good indication the fire was hot.

Semblance

Outward aspect or appearance.
An assumed or unreal appearance.
A likeness, image or copy.

Creating a semblance of order with his documents was difficult after he stumbled and dropped them on the elevator. 

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March 26, 2012

Quaint

Mirthless

Managerial

Quaint

Having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm.

Oddly picturesque.

Harold and Maude described the community of Arthur in their postcard as quaint.

Mirthless

Gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter.

Amusement or laughter.

The crowd showed their enthusiasm and mirthless spirit when the entertainer made his entrance on stage.

Managerial

Pertaining to leading; leadership.

Responsible for others.

Martin served in a managerial role when he worked for Robbins Industrial Foundations. 

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Words For Today:  March 25, 2012

Clever

Quarrelsome

Endless

Clever

Mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence.

Superficially skillful, witty.

George seeks passion in his work through clever manipulation of word use.

Quarrelsome

Argumentative.

Contentious.

I find it very difficult to work with her due to her quarrelsome personality. 

Endless

Having or seeming to have no end, limit or conclusion.

Made continuous.

The number of opportunities he perceived with the new business model were endless. 

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Words For Today:  March 24, 2012

Indeterminate

Joviality

Judicious

Indeterminate

Having or seeming to have no end; eternal or infinite.
Continuing too long or continually recurring.

Watching the play, both seemed to sense that it was indeterminate in length.

Joviality

Merriment, lively.

His joviality was infection among the members of his group.

Judicious

Using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency; discreet.
Prudent.
Having, exercising, or characterized by good judgment.

As the managing director of the agency, George was judicious in making decisions. 

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Words For Today:  March 23, 2012

Morose

Misanthropic

Expatriate

Morose

Gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.

Characterized by or expressing gloom.

Her departure from his life caused him to show great morose.

Misanthropic

Antisocial

Unfriendly, surly.

His misanthropic behavior was characterized by his aloofness and angry demeanor with nearly everyone.

Expatriate

To banish a person from his or her native country.

To withdraw from residence in one's native country.

His favorite memory of his trip to Italy was the number of expatriates he met in wine country.

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Words For Today:  March 22, 2012

Contrived

Narcissistic

Precision

Contrived

Obviously planned or forced.

Artificial, strained.

The critic’s review reflected what he perceived as a contrived story line. 

Narcissistic

Having an undue fascination with oneself; vain.

Tending to derive erotic gratification from admiration of one’s own physical or mental attributes.

George found that several of his clients in the center showed classic symptoms of being narcissistic.

Precision

The state or quality of being precise.

Accuracy; exactness.

The synchronized swimming team showed great precision in their routines and patterns.     

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Words For Today:   March 20, 2012

Liberal

Progressive

Conservative

Liberal

Favorable to progress or reform.

Noting or pertaining to a political party advocating measures of progressive political reform.

Favoring or permitting freedom of action.

His politics seem to be of the liberal philosophy as evidenced by his support of the candidate.

Progressive

Favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform.

Making progress toward better conditions.

Employing or advocating more enlightened or liberal ideas.

The governor advocates a progressive agenda within his platform with reforms planned in many areas.

Conservative

Disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions.

Cautiously moderate or purposefully low.

Traditional in style or manner. 

John is very conservative in his choice of attire not choosing to stand out.    

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Words For Today:  March 19, 2012

Ostracize

Delude

Conceited

Ostracize

To exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation.

To banish.

They felt it necessary to ostracize Toby from the group because of his behavior.

Delude

To mislead the mind or judgment of; deceive.

To mock or frustrate the hopes or aims

To elude or evade.

He stated that the purpose of the exercise was to delude the committee members so that they would understand the value of the committee working together. 

Conceited

Having an excessively favorable opinion of one’s abilities, appearance.

It isn’t that George is just arrogant; he’s exceedingly conceited when it comes to what he thinks he knows. 

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Words For Today:  March 18, 2012



Pontificate

Iniquity

Exile

Pontificate

To perform the office or duties of a pontiff.

To speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner.

It was humorous to listen to Jorge pontificate in such an eloquent fashion. 

Iniquity

Gross injustice or wickedness.

A violation of right or duty; a wicked act or sin.

Evil doing, infamy.

It would be my hope that one would be forgiven for such an iniquity.

Exile

Expulsion from one's native land.

A person banished from his or her native land.

Anyone separated from his or her country or home.

To expel or banish.

Times created an atmosphere where the only hope was to live in exile until order was restored to their homeland.

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Words For Today:  March 17, 2012

Dogmatic

Effectual

Predominate

Dogmatic

Doctrinal.

Asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner.

Opinionated.

I enjoyed the presentation that George delivered but I thought his approach was dogmatic in nature and found myself not in agreement.

Effectual

Producing or capable of producing an intended effect; adequate.

Valid or binding, as an agreement or document.

Although the terms of the agreement are effectual, I still find myself arguing against several points contained within.

Predominate

To be the stronger or leading element.

To have numerical superiority or advantage.

To surpass others in authority or influence.

Having listened to both sides of the issue, I believe that George has the predominate argument and case.     



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Words For Today:  March 16, 2012

Ravenous

Prevail

Narrative

Ravenous

Extremely hungry; famished; voracious.

Intensely eager for gratification or satisfaction.

The group had walked the entire trail and were now ravenous for their evening meal.

Prevail

To succeed, become dominant; win out.

To appear or occur as the more important or frequent feature or element.

To use persuasion or inducement successfully.

Even though his team was trailing, James was confident that by game's end, his team would prevail.

Narrative

A story or account of events, experiences.

A book, literary work

Consisting of or being a narrative.

Jill was providing the narrative as the slides appeared on the screen. 

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Words For Today:  March 15, 2012

Amplify

Eloquent

Rapacious

Amplify

To make larger, greater or stronger.

To expand in stating or describing.

Jack's description of the product is outstanding.  However, I do feel that we need to amplify the value of the product so that the customer understands the benefits of choosing to purchase it. 

Eloquent

Having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful and appropriate speech.

Movingly expressive.

I was moved by his eloquent use of the language as he spoke of the romanticism period.

Rapacious

Given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.

Inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate.

Arguably, her efforts at building her business and developing a brand, she mistakenly chose to be rapacious in the model she chose.  

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Words For Today:  March 14, 2012

Facial

Pendulum

Wistful

Facial

Of the face.

For the face.

Joy was at the doctor's office today having a facial examination.

Pendulum

A swinging lever.

A body so suspended from a fixed point as to move to and fro by the action of gravity and acquired momentum.

That ride was just like a pendulum throwing us back and forth. 

Wistful

Characterized by melancholy.

Longing, yearning.

Pensive, especially in a melancholy way.

I have always felt that Rebecca was very wistful.

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Words For Today:  March 13, 2012

Precarious

Disdain

Contempt

Precarious

Dependent on circumstances beyond one's control.

Uncertain, unstable, insecure.

Harry was in a precarious position climbing the ladder to the roof. 

Disdain

To look upon with contempt; despise, scorn.

To think unworthy of notice.

John has such disdain for Allen's position on the matter.

Contempt

The feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile or worthless.

The state of being despised. 

Susan found herself feeling great contempt for him as she discussed the issues of concern. 

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Words For Today:  March 12, 2012


Acquire

Durable

Disconsolate

Acquire

To come into possession or ownership.

To gain for oneself through one's actions or efforts.

To locate and track.

I would like to acquire the technical drawings for that project. 

Durable

Able to resist wear.

Lasting, enduring.

I believe these are the most durable work boots that I have ever had.

Disconsolate

Without consolation or solace.

Hopelessly unhappy.

Characterized by or causing dejection.

He has been disconsolate over the loss of his friend and lover.