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  1. etymology
    a history of a word
  2. coelacanth
    fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa
  3. verbolatry
    the worship of words
  4. mantilla
    a woman's silk or lace scarf
  5. huarache
    a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps
  6. melatonin
    sleep-regulating hormone secreted by the pineal gland
  7. coruscate
    reflect brightly
  8. linguistics
    the scientific study of language
  9. Quinquagesima
    the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)
  10. omnipresent
    existing everywhere at once
  11. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  12. slub
    soft lump or unevenness in a yarn
  13. dodecagon
    a twelve-sided polygon
  14. contempt
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  15. acrimonious
    marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  16. umbrage
    a feeling of anger caused by being offended
  17. squalor
    sordid dirtiness
  18. impertinent
    improperly forward or bold
  19. clairvoyance
    apparent power to perceive things not present to the senses
  20. verbosity
    an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
  21. polynomial
    a mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms
  22. palaver
    loud and confused and empty talk
  23. dipsomaniac
    a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
  24. contrapuntal
    having independent but harmonically related melodic parts
  25. acne
    an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands
  26. nepotism
    favoritism shown to relatives or friends by those in power
Created on 二月 10, 2009 (updated 五月 24, 2009)

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