| # | Qz | NEW
WORD | VP | EXAMPLE | WORD
CLASS | DEFINITION | DATE/TIME
ENTERED |
|---|
| 1 | | beauteous |
1 |
The morning sky was beauteous to say the least | ADJ | AN emphatic form for the word 'beautiful' | 2015.07.13 16:14
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| 2 | | supercilious |
14 |
The boss had adopted a supercilious attitude toward the workforce. | ADJ | Arrogant, haughty, looking down on (from raised [super] eyebrow [cilium]) | 2015.01.26 12:38
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| 3 | | puny |
10 |
His puny arms were nonetheless capable of mighty feats | N | Weak looking, skinny | 2015.01.24 18:01
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| 4 | | vertigo |
10 |
The climber had a sudden feeling of vertigo | N | Dizziness, imbalance, fear of falling | 2015.01.24 17:33
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| 5 | | slab |
5 |
They laid the carcass out on a slab | N | Flat stone or cement surface | 2015.01.24 17:16
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| 6 | | sterile |
5 |
This sterile discussion should end | N | Absolutely clean, to the point that nothing bad OR GOOD can grow | 2015.01.24 17:01
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| 7 | | slipper |
6 |
She had the smallest slipper at the prince's ball | N | A small shoe, often for going to bed | 2015.01.24 16:43
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| 8 | | slip |
1 |
He slipped on ice and broke his wrist | N | To fall through lack of the expected friction underfoot | 2015.01.24 13:50
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| 9 | | potter |
1 |
He likes to potter around in his garden shed on the weekend | N | Engage in small or inconsequential activities | 2015.01.21 22:24
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| 10 | | remote |
3 |
Pass me the remote - this program is terrible | N | Distance control of television or other device | 2015.01.21 22:17
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| 11 | | strident |
9 |
Are the protesters' voices becoming a touch strident? | ADJ | Screechy, grating, high-pitched | 2015.01.21 22:11
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| 12 | | scrumptious |
15 |
The MacDonald's burger looked totally scrumptious | ADJ | Delicious | 2015.01.21 22:07
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| 13 | | claustrophobic |
9 |
That small hotel room made me feel claustrophobic | N | Fear of small spaces | 2015.01.21 22:03
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| 14 | | serendipitous |
12 |
It was a serendipitous discovery | N | Characterized by happy luck without really trying (from serendipity) | 2015.01.21 22:00
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| 15 | | megalomania |
13 |
Wearing a Napoleon hat reflected his growing megalomania | N | A false belief (mania) in his own greatness (mega) | 2015.01.16 16:42
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| 16 | | inordinate |
9 |
The professor suddenly started giving the students inordinate amounts of homework | ADJ | Unusual, atypical, jumping out of the typical pattern | 2015.01.14 17:08
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