Words of the Week

 

 

2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
 
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alibi
blatant
cerebral
credible
digress
enhance
gratis
indigenous
ire
obsolete
pragmatic
retention
robust
thwart
voluminous

Quarter 2

abstain
aloof
antiquated
articulate
astute
augment
aversion
bristle
caucus
clandestine
collate
desecrate
dirge
eclectic
err
fortuitous
garish
innate
lethargic
lucid
ominous
omnipotent
ornate
parochial
pathos
perjury
persnickety
plethora
ramifications
salutary
substantiate
subtle
tawdry
therapeutic
vapid
verbose

Quarter 3

anarchy
coddle
coercion
condescend
disseminate
dupe
extraneous
fastidious
feasible
laceration
lackluster
paramount
perdition
preclude
prosaic
serene
solace
tenacious
truncate
unequivocal
utopian

Quarter 4

accolade
acrid
aesthetic
arcane
auspicious
capitulate
circuitous
defoliate
depravity
edifice
erratic
fecund
garrulous
heed
hiatus
interminable
irksome
livid
mundane
obscure
ostentacious
plummet
sanction
tranquil


Quarter 1

adjacent
admonish
animosity
complementary
contempt
demagogue
dexterous
extraneous
gesticulate
immunity
impertinent
ingrate
innocuous
loathe
nebulous
perceptive
phenomenon
plagiarism
premonition
presumptuous
propitiate
protean
recalcitrant
segregation
shrewd
sophomoric
tangible

Quarter 2

anomaly
archetype
armistice
bellicose
bovine
cacophony
calumnious
cartel
coalesce
contemporary
copious
embezzle
fidelity
forensic
hegemony
idiosyncrasy
jeopardize
loquacious
ogle
penchant
pithy
pugnacious
savvy
tenement

Quarter 3

acute
altruism
belabor
candid
collage
consecutive
embargo
flamboyant
flaunt
insurrection
itinerant
juxtapose
magnanimity
nuance
obtuse
palpable
pretentious
ratify
recuperate
trinket
unprecedented
urbane
variegated
vignette

Quarter 4

ambiguous
conditional
correlation
exclusive
exegesis
flustered
fortitude
hinder
languor
longevity
mellow
morose
notarize
precarious
resplendent
sanguine
sojourn
sporadic
strut
subjugate
surreptitious
tirade
traverse
vehement




Quarter 1

archaic
bemoan
compound
conflagration
counterfeit
deplete
depreciate
dilate
exasperated
histrionic
hone
jingoistic
laudable
lobbyist
molt
niche
obstreperous
patron
permeable
peruse
pontificate
posthumous
residue
surly
sweltering
transient
variable

Quarter 2

transgress
abyss
affable
affidavit
alleviate
amass
aspire
callow
calumnious
cloister
criterion
eccentric
echelon
miniscule
onus
pernicious
plaudit
precarious
pulchritudinous
reverie
ruminate
sardonic
verbatim
vociferous

Quarter 3

ebullient
adaptation
amplitude
bard
defunct
disjoint
docile
dulcet
element
exacerbate
fervor
genre
hoary
myriad
profundity
prolific
raucous
recuperate
remuneration
renown
rufescent
stimulus
supplement
tentative

Quarter 4

catharsis
abrogate
adroit
allay
buttress
catalyst
entice
habitat
hypochondriac
illuminate
inexorable
intersection
juggernaut
lofty
nullify
obdurate
prevail
proponents
regression
reticent
saturnine
solution
union
usurp