Word of the Day (3/11/25) Flashcards

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Elusive (adj)

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Difficult to find, catch, achieve, remember, or recall; shifty; slippery.

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Rote (noun)

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Mechanical or habitual repetition of something to be learned; mindlessly; automatically.

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Pulchritude (noun)

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Beauty.

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Absconding (verb)

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Leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for an unlawful action such as theft; escape; run away; flee.

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Ad Nauseam (adverb)

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Referring to something that has been done or repeated so often that it has become annoying or firesome.

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Facetious (adj.)

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Joking or jesting inappropriately.

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Wizened (adj.)

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Shriveled or wrinkled with age; creased; withered.

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Somnambulant (adj.)

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Resembling or characteristic of a sleepwalker; sluggish.

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Chicanery (noun)

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The use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose; deceitful; fraud; dishonesty.

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Corpulent (adj.)

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(Of a person) fat; obese; overweight; plump; portly; stout.

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