2010 June Week 4

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OFFICIOUS

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1. objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
2. marked by or proceeding from such forwardness: officious interference.
3. Obsolete. ready to serve; obliging.

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APLOMB

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1. imperturbable self-possession, poise, or assurance.
2. the perpendicular, or vertical, position.

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PANDEMONIUM

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1. wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
2. a place or scene of riotous uproar or utter chaos.
3. (often initial capital letter) the abode of all the demons.
4. hell.

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POLYGLOT

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1. able to speak or write several languages; multilingual.
2. containing, composed of, or written in several languages: a polyglot Bible.
a mixture or confusion of languages.
4. a person who speaks, writes, or reads a number of languages.
5. a book, esp. a Bible, containing the same text in several languages.

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MOLLIFY

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1. to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
2. to mitigate or reduce; soften: to mollify one's demands

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SKITTISH

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1. apt to start or shy: a skittish horse.
2. restlessly or excessively lively: a skittish mood.
3. fickle; uncertain.
4. shy; coy.

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FLOUT

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1. to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock: to flout the rules of propriety.
2. to show disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff, mock, or gibe (often fol. by at).
3. a disdainful, scornful, or contemptuous remark or act; insult; gibe.

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SHEEN

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1. luster; brightness; radiance.
2. gleaming attire.
3. shining.
4. beautiful.

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REVERE

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1. to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate: The child revered her mother.

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DESUETUDE

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1. the state of being no longer used or practiced.

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TURBID

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1. not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured: the turbid waters near the waterfall.
2. thick or dense, as smoke or clouds.
3. confused; muddled; disturbed.

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TURGID

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1. swollen; distended; tumid.
2. inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic: turgid language.

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SERAPHIC

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1. of, like, or befitting one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isa. 6.
2. a member of the highest order of angels, often represented as a child's head with wings above, below, and on each side.

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COMMUNAL

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1. used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.
2. of, by, or belonging to the people of a community; shared or participated in by the public: communal land; Building the playground was a communal project.
3. pertaining to a commune or a community: communal life.
4. engaged in by or involving two or more communities: communal conflict.

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COMPUNCTION

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1. n
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a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse.
2. any uneasiness or hesitation about the rightness of an action.