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Word of the Day 4/29/10
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10th Grade
04/27/2010

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cacophony
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harsh/discordant sound
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exiguous
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extremely scanty
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defenestrate
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to throw out of a window
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lucre
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money/profit
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impecunious
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habitually without money/poor
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neophyte
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a novice
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popinjay
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a vain and talkative person
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bedizen
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to dress/adorn in a gaudy manner
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hugger-mugger
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secret; also, muddled/disorderly
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slake
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to satisfy or quench; also, to cause to lessen
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grok
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to understand
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land of Nod
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sleep
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megrim
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a migrain; also, a fancy or a whim; in the plural: low spirits
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interlard
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to insert between; to mix
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indefatigable
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untiring
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neologism
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a new word or expression; the use/creation of new words or expressions
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ne plus ultra
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the acme; also, the most profound degree
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boliviate
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to speak or write in a pompous manner
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pelf
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money/riches
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oneiric
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pertaining to/suggesting dreams
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scapegrace
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one who is wild and reckless
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agrestic
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pertaining to fields or the country
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empyrean
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the highest heaven; the heavens; the sky
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wastrel
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person who wastes; a loafer
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moil
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to labour; to toil; to drudge
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