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 Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:00 pm
exculpate EK-skuhl-payt; ek-SKUHL-payt, transitive verb:
To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless;
to relieve of blame; to acquit.
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:01 pm
cursory KUR-suh-ree, adjective:
Hastily or superficially performed.
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:02 pm
mordant MOR-d'nt, adjective:
Biting; caustic; sarcastic.
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:03 pm
limn LIM, transitive verb:
1. To depict by drawing or painting.
2. To portray in words; to describe.
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:04 pm
plebeian plih-BEE-uhn, adjective:
1. Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.
2. Of or pertaining to the common people.
3. Vulgar; common; crude or coarse in nature or manner.
4. One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome; opposed to patrician.
5. One of the common people or lower classes.
6. A coarse, crude, or vulgar person.
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:05 pm
grandiloquent gran-DIL-uh-kwuhnt, adjective:
Lofty in style; pompous; bombastic.
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:06 pm
apologia ap-uh-LOH-jee-uh; -juh, noun:
A formal defense or justification,
especially of one's opinions, position, or actions.
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:07 pm
germane juhr-MAYN, adjective:
Appropriate or fitting; relevant.
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:08 pm
eschew es-CHOO, transitive verb:
To shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful).
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:10 pm
heterogeneous het-uh-ruh-JEE-nee-uhs; -JEE-nyuhs, adjective:
Consisting of dissimilar elements, parts,
or ingredients -- opposed to homogeneous.
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:12 pm
contretemps KAHN-truh-tahn, noun;
plural contretemps -tahnz:
An inopportune or embarrassing situation or event; a hitch.
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:13 pm
prima facie PRY-muh-FAY-shee; -shuh, adverb:
1. At first view; on the first appearance.
2. True, valid, or adequate at first sight; as it seems at first sight; ostensible.
3. Self-evident; obvious.
4. (Law) Sufficient to establish a fact or a case unless disproved.
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:14 pm
supercilious soo-puhr-SIL-ee-uhs, adjective:
Disdainfully arrogant; haughty.
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Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:27 am
Placid [plas-id] adjective:
Pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed.
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Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:29 am
Gregarious [gri-gair-ee-uhs] adjective:
1. Fond of the company of others; sociable.
2. Living in flocks or herds, as animals.
3. Botany: Growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.
4. Pertaining to a flock or crowd.
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