2008 September Week 4

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ANODYNE

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1 : serving to alleviate pain
2 : not likely to offend or arouse tensions

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ASPERSE

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1: sprinkle ; especially : to sprinkle with holy water
2: to attack with evil reports or false or injurious charges

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CALLOW

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lacking adult sophistication : immature

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CONGERIES

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aggregation , collection

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COSMOPOLITAN

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1 : having worldwide rather than limited or provincial scope or bearing
2 : having wide international sophistication : worldly
3 : composed of persons, constituents, or elements from all or many parts of the world
4 : found in most parts of the world and under varied ecological conditions <a cosmopolitan herb>

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DIDACTIC

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1 a: designed or intended to teach
b: intended to convey instruction and information as well as pleasure and entertainment <didactic poetry>
2: making moral observations

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DILAPIDATE

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1: to bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin <furniture is dilapidated by use — Janet Flanner>
2: archaic : squander

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FELICITOUS

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1 : very well suited or expressed : apt <a felicitous remark>
2 : pleasant , delightful

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IMPISH

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: of, relating to, or befitting an imp ; especially : mischievous

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MILIEU

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: the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment

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MUSTARD

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1 a: a pungent yellow powder of the seeds of any of several common mustards (Brassica hirta, B. nigra, or B. juncea) used as a condiment or in medicine as a stimulant and diuretic, an emetic, or a counterirritant bslang : zest
2: any of several herbs (genus Brassica of the family Cruciferae syn. Brassicaceae, the mustard family) with lobed leaves, yellow flowers, and linear beaked pods
3: a dark to moderate yellow

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MUSTERED

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1 a: to cause to gather : convene b: to enroll formally —usually used with in or into<was mustered into the army> c: to call the roll of
2 a: to bring together : collect b: to call forth : rouse
3: to amount to : compriseintransitive verb: to come together : congregate

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POTENTATE

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: ruler , sovereign ; broadly : one who wields great power or sway

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SOPHISTRY

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1 : subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation
2 : sophism 1

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TREMULOUS

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1 : characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors
2 : affected with timidity : timorous
3 : such as is or might be caused by nervousness or shakiness <a tremulous smile>
4 : exceedingly sensitive : easily shaken or disordered