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fulsome

29 July 2010 - 10:00am
1. Effusive; lavish. 2. Excessive to the point of being offensive.

psychopomp

28 July 2010 - 8:00am
A guide of souls, one who escorts soul of a newly-deceased to the afterlife.

noisome

27 July 2010 - 6:00am
1. Offensive, especially to the sense of smell. 2. Harmful; noxious.

artificer

26 July 2010 - 5:00pm
1. An inventor. 2. A craftsperson. 3. A mechanic in the armed forces.

AWADmail 421

25 July 2010 - 2:00am
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beggar

25 July 2010 - 2:00am
1. To exhaust the resources or ability; to defy. 2. To impoverish.

gloaming

22 July 2010 - 9:00am
Twilight; dusk.

nebbish

21 July 2010 - 7:00am
A pitifully timid or ineffectual person.

panegyric

20 July 2010 - 6:00pm
A formal or elaborate oration in praise of someone or something; eulogy.

contumely

19 July 2010 - 4:00pm
Contemptuous or insulting treatment arising from arrogance.

AWADmail 420

19 July 2010 - 3:00am
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folderol

19 July 2010 - 3:00am
1. Nonsense; foolishness. 2. A trifle; gewgaw.

risible

15 July 2010 - 8:00am
1. Laughable; ludicrous. 2. Disposed to laugh. 3. Relating to laughter.

equipoise

14 July 2010 - 6:00am
1. A state of balance. 2. Something that serves as a counterbalance.

mephitic

13 July 2010 - 5:00pm
Poisonous or foul-smelling.

paean

12 July 2010 - 3:00pm
An expression of praise, joy, or triumph, traditionally in the form of a song.

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10 July 2010 - 12:00pm
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stenosis

10 July 2010 - 12:00pm
A narrowing of a passage, vessel, or an opening in the body.

anemometer

8 July 2010 - 8:00am
An instrument for measuring the speed of wind.

epigraph

7 July 2010 - 6:00am
1. An inscription on a building or statue. 2. A quotation introducing a book or a chapter.