Words of the day from Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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clincher: a fact, a remark or an event...
5 February 2012 - 5:31pm
emblazon: to decorate something with a design...
4 February 2012 - 5:31pm
malevolent: having or showing a desire to harm...
3 February 2012 - 5:31pm
horticulture: the study or practice of growing flowers...
2 February 2012 - 5:31pm
debacle: an event or a situation that is a complete failure...
1 February 2012 - 5:31pm
menial: not skilled or important...
31 January 2012 - 5:31pm
vehement: showing very strong feelings...
30 January 2012 - 5:31pm
loophole: a mistake in the way a law, contract, etc...
29 January 2012 - 5:31pm
chivalrous: polite, kind and behaving with honour...
28 January 2012 - 5:31pm
downtime: the time during which a machine...
27 January 2012 - 4:58pm
bedraggled: made wet, dirty or untidy by rain...
26 January 2012 - 3:44pm
abjure: to promise publicly that you will give up...
25 January 2012 - 2:58pm
Burns Night: the evening of 25 January when Scottish people celebrate...
24 January 2012 - 1:40pm
zonked: extremely tired or suffering from the effects of...
23 January 2012 - 12:38pm
shambolic: lacking order...
22 January 2012 - 11:57am
perforate: to make a hole or holes...
21 January 2012 - 10:30am
unmitigated: used to mean 'complete'...
20 January 2012 - 9:49am
acrid: having a strong, bitter smell...
19 January 2012 - 8:34am
segue: to move smoothly from one...
18 January 2012 - 7:50am
jostle: to push roughly against somebody...