Word of the Day — Archive Page #374
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March 12, 2017
79% 21% #37 votesWhat does picaresque mean?
- picaresque(adj)
- involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction
March 11, 2017
90% 10% #53 votesWhat does lassitude mean?
- lethargy, lassitude, sluggishness(noun)
- a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
March 10, 2017
86% 14% #48 votesWhat does anachronism mean?
- anachronism, mistiming, misdating(noun)
- something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
March 9, 2017
95% 5% #60 votesWhat does assiduous mean?
- assiduous, sedulous(adj)
- marked by care and persistent effort
March 8, 2017
92% 8% #45 votesWhat does equivocate mean?
- beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter(verb)
- be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
March 7, 2017
93% 7% #43 votesWhat does paucity mean?
- dearth, paucity(noun)
- an insufficient quantity or number
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