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10 June 2017 @ 08:43 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 033.  
WORD:

Insouciant
adj. 1. Showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent.


QUOTE:

"I feel like I'm waiting for something that isn't going to happen."
- Unknown
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12 May 2017 @ 08:51 pm
Word of the Day #32  
WORD:

Dissemble
v. 1. Conceal one's true motives, feelings or beliefs.


QUOTE:

"For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness."
- Unknown
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28 April 2017 @ 10:20 pm
Word of the Day #031  
WORD:

Vituperation
n. 1. Bitter and abusive language.


QUOTE:

"We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
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20 April 2017 @ 06:19 pm
 
WORD:

Contrite
adj. 1. Feeling for expressing remorse or pertinence; affected by guilt.


QUOTE:

"Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears."
- John Lennon
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15 April 2017 @ 02:50 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 029.  
WORD:

Abnegation
n. 1. The act of renouncing or rejecting something.


QUOTE:

"If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it."
- Jonathan Winters
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31 March 2017 @ 10:29 pm
Word of the Day #028  
WORD:

Ephermeron
n. 1. Something short-lived or of no lasting significance


QUOTE:

"Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself."
- Plato
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22 March 2017 @ 11:22 am
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 027.  
WORD:

Censorious
adj. 1. Severely critical of others.


QUOTE:

"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other."
- Audrey Hepburn
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19 March 2017 @ 06:42 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 026.  
WORD:

Inanition
n. 1. Exhaustion caused by lack of nourishment. Lack of mental or spiritual vigor and enthusiasm.


QUOTE:

"Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness."
- Euripides
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17 March 2017 @ 12:47 am
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 025.  
WORD:

Temerarious
adj. 1. Reckless; rash.


QUOTE:

"Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one."
- Stella Adler
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23 February 2017 @ 09:13 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 024.  
WORD:

Oneiric
adj. 1. Relating to dreams or dreaming.


QUOTE:

"The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself."
- Garth Brooks
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18 February 2017 @ 09:33 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 023.  
WORD:

Querulous
adj. 1. Complaining in a petulant or whining manner.


QUOTE:

"The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away."
- Barbara Kingsolver
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14 February 2017 @ 09:15 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 022.  
WORD:

Evanescent
n. 1. Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing.


QUOTE:

"Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly."
- Rose Franken


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13 February 2017 @ 10:22 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 021.  
WORD:

Boutade
n. 1. A sudden outburst or outbreak.


QUOTE:

"Do not judge my story by the chapter you walked in on."
- Unknown
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11 February 2017 @ 06:51 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 020.  
WORD:

Leman
n. 1. A lover or sweetheart.


QUOTE:

"Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven."
- Henry Ward Beecher
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10 February 2017 @ 04:55 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 019.  
WORD:

Soporific
adj. 1. Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep. Sleepy or drowsy.


QUOTE:

"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."
- Groucho Marx
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04 February 2017 @ 12:02 am
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 018.  
WORD:

Nescience
n. 1. Lack of knowledge; ignorance.


QUOTE:

"Love and dignity cannot share the same abode."
- Ovid
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31 January 2017 @ 09:20 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 017.  
WORD:

Tutelary
adj. 1. Providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding.


QUOTE:

"You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."
- Walt Disney
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30 January 2017 @ 02:56 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 016.  
WORD:

Nugatory
adj. 1. Of no value or importance. Useless; futile.


QUOTE:

"I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing."
- Agatha Christie
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28 January 2017 @ 08:34 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 015.  
WORD:

Quiddity
n. 1. The inherent nature or essence of someone or something; 2. A distinctive feature; a peculiarity.


QUOTE:

"A well-spent day brings happy sleep."
- Leonardo da Vinci
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27 January 2017 @ 03:23 am
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 014.  
WORD:

Machination
n. 1. A plot or scheme.


QUOTE:

"I have learned that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time."
- Unknown
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25 January 2017 @ 12:48 am
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 013.  
WORD:

Torpid
adj. 1. Mentally or physically inactive; lethargic. Dormant, especially during hibernation.


QUOTE:

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
- Mother Theresa
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22 January 2017 @ 09:40 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 012.  
WORD:

Clandestine
adj. 1. Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose


QUOTE:

"Never miss a good chance to shut up."
- Will Rogers
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21 January 2017 @ 08:24 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 011.  
WORD:

Accismus
n. 1. Feigning disinterest in something while actually desiring it


QUOTE:

"Even nice things don't make you happy when you're tired."
- Jo Brand
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20 January 2017 @ 10:40 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 010.  
WORD:

Petrichor
n. 1. The smell of earth after rain.


QUOTE:

"I am smiling because you are my brother. I am laughing because there is nothing you can do about it."
- Unknown
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20 January 2017 @ 01:06 am
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 009.  
WORD:

Serendipity
n. 1. Finding something nice while looking for something else. 2. The faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for; also


QUOTE:

"Grief is in two parts. The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life."
- Anne Roiphe
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19 January 2017 @ 09:40 am
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 008.  
WORD:

Ataraxia
n. 1. A state of freedom from emotional disturbance and anxiety; tranquility.


QUOTE:

"The pain started years ago, but I’d lived with it for so long at that point that I’d accepted it as an inevitable part of me."
- Ashley D. Wallis
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17 January 2017 @ 04:46 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 007.  
WORD:

Incendiary
adj. 1. (Of a device or attack) designed to cause fires; 2. Tending to stir up conflict.


QUOTE:

"A lie told often enough becomes the truth."
- Vladimir Lenin
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16 January 2017 @ 08:36 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 006.  
WORD:

Lugubrious
adj. 1. Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner


QUOTE:

"There are no secrets that time does not reveal."
- Jean Racine
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15 January 2017 @ 07:18 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 005.  
WORD:

Inopinate
adj. 1. Not thought of; unexpected


QUOTE:

"A real friend steps in when the rest of the world steps out."
- Unknown
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14 January 2017 @ 10:15 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 004.  
WORD:

Portent
n. 1. A sign or warning that something significant is likely to happen; “an occurrence of crucial portent.”


QUOTE:

"Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities."
- William Throsby Bridges
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14 January 2017 @ 12:33 am
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 003.  
WORD:

Mishmash
n. 1. A hodgepodge or hotchpotch a confused jumble; 2. A confused mixture.


QUOTE:

"If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were."
- Richard Bach
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12 January 2017 @ 10:28 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 002.  
WORD:

Abderian
adj. 1. Foolish; absurd; ridiculous; inclined to incessant merriment or laughter.


QUOTE:

"Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness."
- Euripides


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11 January 2017 @ 06:38 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 001.  
WORD:

Autolatry
n. 1. The worship of oneself.


QUOTE:

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."
- Maya Angelou


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14 September 2014 @ 01:24 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 101.  
WORD:

Scuttlebutt
n. 1. Rumour or gossip.


QUOTE:

"Never forget who was there for you when no one else was."
- Unknown
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13 September 2014 @ 03:24 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 100.  
WORD:

Misprize
v. 1. To hold in contempt. 2. To undervalue.


QUOTE:

"I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone."
- Robin Williams
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09 September 2014 @ 10:58 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 099.  
WORD:

Pratfall
n. 1. a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating. 2. a humiliating blunder or defeat.


QUOTE:

"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person."
- Mignon McLaughlin
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07 September 2014 @ 10:17 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 098.  
WORD:

Ebullient
adj. 1. overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited. 2. bubbling up like a boiling liquid.


QUOTE:

"It's a life-changing thing to be in a position of needing help and being so lucky as to get it."
- Maura Tierney
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06 September 2014 @ 08:47 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 097.  
WORD:

Reverie
n. 1. a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing. 2. a daydream.


QUOTE:

"Sex is emotion in motion."
- Mae West
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04 September 2014 @ 06:04 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 096.  
WORD:

Disorder
n. 1. lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion. 2. an irregularity. 3. breach of order; disorderly conduct; public disturbance. 4. a disturbance in physical or mental health or functions; malady or dysfunction.


QUOTE:

"Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses."
- Ann Landers
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22 August 2014 @ 01:37 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 095.  
WORD:

Fortitude
n. 1. mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously


QUOTE:

"We all have a personal pool of quicksand inside us where we begin to sink and need friends and family to find us and remind us of all the good that has been and will be."
- Regina Brett
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15 August 2014 @ 03:49 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 094.  
WORD:

Vivacious
adj. 1. lively, animated


QUOTE:

"Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don’t say."
- Unknown
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10 August 2014 @ 09:47 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 093.  
WORD:

Equanimity
n. 1. mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium.


QUOTE:

"When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier."
- Roy E. Disney
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08 August 2014 @ 10:37 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 092.  
WORD:

Metamorphosis
n. 1. a major change in the appearance or character of someone or something.


QUOTE:

"Everyone comes with baggage, find someone who loves you enough to help you unpack."
- Unknown
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10 July 2014 @ 10:36 am
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 091.  
WORD:

Fervent
adj. 1. having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc. 2. hot; burning; glowing.


QUOTE:

"The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy."
- Jim Rohn
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08 July 2014 @ 09:57 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 090.  
WORD:

Coterie
n. 1. a group of people who associate closely. 2. an exclusive group; clique.


QUOTE:

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
- Confuscious
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07 July 2014 @ 10:49 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 089.  
WORD:

Integrity
n. 1. adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty. 2. the state of being whole, entire, or undiminished. 3. a sound, unimpaired, or perfect condition.


QUOTE:

"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them."
- Dalai Lama
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28 June 2014 @ 08:55 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 088.  
WORD:

Gratuitous
adj. 1. given or received without payment or obligation. 2. without cause; unjustified.


QUOTE:

"As any new parent knows, you're only too happy to show off your new child and, you know, proclaim that he is the best looking or the best everything."
- Prince William
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27 June 2014 @ 11:54 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 087.  
WORD:

Contiguous
adj. 1. touching; in contact. 2. in close proximity without actually touching; near.

QUOTE:

"When the world says, 'Give up,', Hope whispers, 'Try it one more time'."
- Unknown
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24 June 2014 @ 04:59 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 086.  
WORD:

Heartsick
adj. 1. extremely depressed or unhappy.

QUOTE:

“Life is a matter of really tough choices.”
- Joe Biden
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21 June 2014 @ 08:04 pm
WORD & QUOTE OF THE DAY // 085.  
WORD:

Jubilance
adj. 1. showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant.

QUOTE:

“We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.”
- Jim Morrison
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