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Tuesday, November 07, 2006
7:39 AM

English Words for today - Nov.7

1. incognizant
Definition: (adj.) Lacking knowledge or awareness; unaware.
Synonyms: unaware
Usage: He was incognizant of the new political situation and needed his brother to brief him on the details.

2. rigmarole
Definition: (noun) Confused, rambling, or incoherent discourse; nonsense.
Synonyms: rigamarole
Usage: Now I want to know what that rigmarole you told me this morning meant

3. prodigal
Definition: (adjective) Rashly or wastefully extravagant.
Synonyms: profligate, spendthrift, extravagant
Usage: Her prodigal spending left her with a mountain of bills and an empty bank account.

4. palmate - Having a shape similar to that of a hand with the fingers extended.
Synonyms: webbed, palm-shaped
Usage: A pair of large, palmate antlers hung over the hunter's mantelpiece.

5. eidetic - Of, relating to, or marked by extraordinarily detailed and vivid recall of visual images.
Synonyms: representational
Usage: Thanks to her eidetic memory, she was able to remember every detail of the scene when sketching it later.

6. palpable - Capable of being handled, touched, or felt; tangible.
Synonyms: tangible
Usage: Anger rushed out in a palpable wave through his arms and legs

7. lucid - Easily understood; sane; translucent or transparent.
Synonyms: pellucid, clear, limpid, rational
Usage: Though in his lucid moments he knew it was untrue, he was pleased to hear it.

8. bereft - Deprived of something.
Synonyms: bereaved, lovelorn
Usage: He had released my arm and was standing rigid and motionless in the center of the illuminated roadway, staring like one bereft of sense.

9. clemency - A disposition to show mercy, especially toward an offender or enemy.
Synonyms: mildness, mercy, lenience, reprieve
Usage: He was willing to show clemency, promising not to report the theft if his property was returned.

10. rapport - Relationship, especially one of mutual trust or emotional affinity.
Synonyms: resonance
Usage: They had an excellent rapport and would never keep secrets from one another.

11. coagulum - A lump of material formed from the content of a liquid.
Synonyms: clot
Usage: His nose began to bleed again when a hearty sneeze dislodged the coagulum that had formed inside his nostril.

12. contretemps - An unforeseen event that disrupts the normal course of things; an awkward clash.
Synonyms: encounter, skirmish
Usage: After his contretemps with the police, he resolved to drive more slowly in the future.

13. glossa - A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
Synonyms: tongue, clapper, lingua
Usage: The creature had an enormously long glossa that it used to catch insects.
14. habitue
Definition: (noun) A regular patron.
Synonyms:regular, fixture
Usage: He was a habitue at the bar, but he never had more than two drinks in a night.

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