Feb 2007

2007 1. pellucid: transparent, clear; also, easily understandable. 2. moribund: dying. 3. roseate: cheerful; bright; also, rose-colored. 4. conspectus: a sketch, survey, or outline of a subject. 5. missive: a written message; a letter. 6. genial: sympathetically cheerful and cheering; kindly. 7. idee fixe: a fixed idea; an obsession. 8. Pyrrhic victory: a victory achieved at great cost. 9. bucolic: rustic; pastoral. 10. crux: the essential point or feature. 11. satiety: fullness to or beyond the point of satisfaction. 12. vivify: to endue with life; to enliven. 13. slaver: to slobber; to drool. 14. beau ideal: a perfect or an idealized type or model. 15. raffish: tawdry; also, rakish. 16. impregnable: able to resist attack. 17. doyen: the senior member of a body or group. 18. sonorous: yielding sound; impressive in sound. 19. turbid: muddy; not clear; also, confused; disordered. 20. apogee: the highest point. 21. hoi polloi: the common people; the masses. 22. malodorous: having a bad odor. 23. lapidary: of or pertaining to stone cutting; also, terse or refined in expression. 24. hardscrabble: barren, marginal; also, marked by poverty. 25. enjoin: to direct or impose with authority; also, to forbid. 26. sycophant: one who seeks favor by flattery; a toady. 27. ambit: circuit or compass; also, sphere of action or influence. 28. surreptitious: done, made, or gotten by stealth; also, marked by stealth.