Word of the Week... RESPLENDENT.

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Resplendent .

Adjective- Shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid.

       
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Word of the Week... POSTULATED.

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Postulated .

Verb- 1. to ask, demand, or claim.
2. to claim or assume the existence or truth of, especially as a basis for reasoning or arguing.
3. to assume without proof, or as self-evident; take for granted.
       
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Word of the Week... POOH-POOH.

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Pooh-pooh .

Verb- to express disdain or contempt for; dismiss lightly
                

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Word of the Week... VACUOUS.

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Vacuous .

Adjective-
1. Without contents; empty
2. Lacking in ideas or intelligence
3. Purposeless
       
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Word of the Week... AU COURANT.

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Au Courant .

Adjective- 1. Up to date.
2. fully aware or familiar; cognizant
       
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Word of the Week... PLACIDITY.

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Placidity .

Adjective- pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed.
       
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Word of the Week...STALWART.

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Stalwart .

Adjective (2)- Strong and brave; valiant.
       
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Word of the Week... SAPIENT.

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Sapient.

Adjective- having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
       
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Word of the Week... SALACIOUS.

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Salacious .

Adjective- Lustful or lecherous; (of writings, pictures etc.) obscene; grossly indecent.
       
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Word of the Week... CHAGRINED.

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Chagrined

1. Noun- a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
2. Verb- to vex by disappointment or humiliation.
       
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Word of the Week... CHARLATAN.

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Charlatan
Noun.

A person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than he or she actually possesses; a fraud.
       
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Word of the Week... SCURRILOUS

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Scurrilous :Adjective.

Making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation.
       
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Word of the Week.... FAROUCHE.

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Farouche
{fa-roosh}: Adjective.

1. Fierce.
2. sullenly unsociable or shy.        
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Word of the Week... LUGUBRIOUS.

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Lugubrious: Adjective.

1. mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved matter       
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Word of the Week... PURPORT.

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Purport: Verb.

1.        To present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely.
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Word of the Week.... EUTAXY.

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Eutaxy: Noun.
{yoo-tak-see}
1. Good order or management


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Word of the Week.... SEDULOUS.

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SEDULOUS: Adjective.
1. Diligent in application or attention; persevering; assiduous.
2. Persistently or carefully maintained

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Word of the Week... IMPUDENT.

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Impudent: Adjective.

2.        Shameless or brazenly inmodest.        

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Word of the Week... PARALIPSIS.

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Paralipsis: Noun.

1.        A rhetorical device in which an idea is emphasized by the pretense that it is too obvious to discuss; as in "not to mention other faults".  [I.e. your idea has several drawbacks, not to mention the high costs with it]  

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Word of the Week... AMBIVALENT.

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Ambivalent: Adjective.

1.        Having mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action.

2.       (Psychology) of or pertaining to the coexistence within an individual of positive and negative feelings towards the same person, object, or action, simultaneously drawing him or her in opposite directions.     

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