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Stooge | Shirk | Incumbent

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Stooge

1. A butt or foil

2. An assistant or subordinate esp. for unpleasant or routine work

Shirk

1. Shrink from

2. Avoid

3. Get out of (duty/work/responsibility/fighting etc)

Incumbent

1. The holder of an office or post

2. Currently holding office(the incumbent president)

Spasmodic

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Spasmodic :

Fitful

Irregular

Intermittent

Spasmodic though the last year champions were in their work outs, whenever they made a move, they looked dangerous.

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skulk
(v.) to move secretly, implies sinister
The thief skulked around the neighborhood hoping to find his next target.
They found the boy skulking in the bushes.
The woman attempted to skulk away from cleaning the house by hiring a
cleaning service.

Word of the Day - 14.04.2009

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Benevolent(adjective)
Meaning: characterized by or expressing

goodwill or kindly feelings, desiring to help others
Example: There are many organization benevolent for the upliftment of the poor..
Synonyms: Good, kind, humane, generous, liberal, benign

Word of the Day - 13.04.2009

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Abrogate (verb)
Meaning: To cancel by authority
Example: The judge would not abrogate the law.
Synonyms: Abolish, Get rid of

Word of the Day - 12.04.2009

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Zephyr (noun)
Meaning: A gentle wind
Example: It was a beautiful day, with a zephyr blowing in from the sea.
Synonyms: breeze

Word of the Day - 11.04.2009

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Wry (adjective)
Meaning: Mocking
Example: He has a wry sense of humor which sometimes hurts people's feelings.
Synonyms: cynical, sarcastic

Word of the Day - 10.04.2009

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Accolade(noun)
Meaning: Approving or praising mention; A sign of approval or respect.
Example: Accolades flowed into her dressing room following the opening-night triumph.
Synonyms: Award, Recognition, Compliment, Honour, Kudos

Word of the Day - 09.04.2009

2009-04-09T08:57:00.000-07:00

Allegory(noun)
Meaning: A symbolic description.
Example: The book contained many allegories on Russian history.
Synonyms: Fable, Parable

Word of the Day - 08.04.2009

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Perennial(verb)
Meaning: Present at all seasons of the year.
Example: Banana, unlike other seasonal fruits, is perennial throughout the year.
Synonyms: Recurring regularly, Permanent

Word of the Day - 07.04.2009

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Lucubrate(verb)
Meaning: To work (such as study, write, discourse) laboriously or learnedly.
Example: If you lucubrate in your studies, success will be all yours.
Synonyms: Burning mid-night oil

Word of the Day - 06.04.2009

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Abstruse(adjective)
Meaning: Hard to understand
Example: The concept was too abstruse for the average student to grasp.
Synonyms: Deep, Recondite

Word of the Day - 05.04.2009

2009-04-05T07:37:00.000-07:00

Abysmal (adjective)
Meaning: :Having immense or fathomless extension downward, backward, or inward
Extremely or hopelessly bad or severe
Example:Your grades are not consistent with your abysmal scores.
Synonyms:Profound, Deep, Extreme, Unfathomable

Word of the Day - 04.04.2009

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Elixir(noun)
Meaning: A sweetened aromatic solution of alcohol and water, serving as a vehicle for medicine.
Example: Grandma's soup was an elixir that could cure the sniffles and the blues.
Synonyms: Cure All, Panacea, Nostrum

Word of the Day - 03.04.2009

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Veneration(noun)
Meaning: A feeling of awe or great respect.
Example: In some part of the world, saints are often subjected to the kind of veneration that blurs the distinction between the God and the human being.
Synonyms: adoration, idolization, reverence, worship

Word of the Day - 02.04.2009

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Abaft(adverb)
Meaning: On or toward the rear of a ship.
Example: The passengers moved abaft of the ship so as to escape the fire in the front of the ship.
Synonyms: Aft, astern

Word of the Day - 01.04.2009

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Acarpous(adjective)
Meaning: Not producing fruit; sterile.
Example: If we do not pay attention towards Global Warming, then soon this world turns into an acarpous land.
Synonyms: Not producing fruit; Sterile

Word of the Day 31.03.2009

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Devour(verb)
Meaning: to eat up greedily, to destroy, absorb.
Example: We are devouring the world's resources.
Synonyms: to destroy, absorb, engulf

Word of the Day 30.03.2009

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Durable(adjective)
Meaning: long lasting.
Example: Good quality material lasts long as it is durable.
Synonyms: durable, sturdy

Word of the Day 31.03.2009

2009-03-30T09:09:00.000-07:00

Cajole(verb)
Meaning: to urge.
Example: Ryan's friends cajoled him into drinking too much.
Synonyms: coax