F - Daily Word Dose

Facetious - 1. Not meant to be taken seriously or literally (usually about a serious issue): I was only being facetious when I told her that if we wanted to stop having arguments, we should sing together.  2. Joking in an awkward or improper manner; amusing, humorous His facetious sarcasm was inappropriate during the first half of the meeting. 3. Lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing or frivolous: A facetious person.

Fastidious - 1. Excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: She is such a fastidious eater.  2. Required or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking: The fastidious artist obsessed over every detail of his artwork.

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E - Daily Word Dose

Edify - To instruct or benefit, esp. morally or spiritually; uplift: The Renaissance paintings edified the viewer.

Effervescent - 1. To emit small bubbles of gas, as a carbonated or fermenting liquid: Alka-seltzer is so effervescent, I can't buy it -- but I love soda.  2. To escape from a liquid as bubbles; bubble up  3. To show high spirits or animation: He has such an effervescent personality, his presentations are always so lively.

Emaciate -  To make or become extremely thin, esp. as a result of starvation.

Emphatic -1. Expressed or performed with emphasis: He responded with an emphatic "No."  2. Forceful and definite in expression or action.  3. Standing out in a striking and clearly defined way.

Eradicate - 1. To tear up by the roots 2. To remove or destroy utterly: To eradicate small pox throughout the world  3. To get rid of as if by tearing up the roots: Their goal was to eradicate poverty.

D - Daily Word Dose

Deference - 1. Respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will,etc., of another. 2. Respectful or courteous regard: In deference to his wishes, they cremated him.

Deft - 1. dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever: deft hands, a deft mechanic.

Denounce - 1. To condemn or censure openly or publicly: To denounce a politician as morally corrupt.  2. To make a formal accusation against, as to the police or in a court.  3. To give formal notice of the termination or denial of (a treaty, pact, agreement or the like).

Deplorable -1. Causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable: the deplorable death of a friend. 2. Causing or being subject to censure, reproach, or disapproval; wretched; very bad: This room is in deplorable condition!

Dismal - 1. Causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: The dismal weather made me lazy and not want to do anything. 2. Characterized by ineptness or lack of skill; competence; effectiveness; imagination or interest; pitiful: Our team played a dismal game.

C - Daily Word

Cessation - A temporary or complete stopping; discontinuance.

Commensurate - 1. Having the same measure; of equal extent of duration.  2. Corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time you worked. 3. proportionate; adequate. 4. Having a common measure; commensurable.

Conciliate - 1. To overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over: to conciliate an angry competitor. 2. To win or gain (goodwill, regard, or favor); to make compatible; reconcile.

Consort - 1. A husband or wife; spouse, esp. of a reigning monarch  2. A companion, associate or partner  3. To associate with; keep company, hang out with: To consort with known criminals  4. To agree or harmonize.

Conjure - 1. To affect or influence by or as if by invocation or spell  2.To effect, produce, bring, etc., by or as by magic: To conjure a miracle. 3. To call upon or command (a devil or spirit) by invocation or spell. 4. To call or bring into existence by or as if by magic (usually followed by up): She seemd to have conjured up the person she was talking about. 5. To bring to mind; recall (usually followed by up): to conjure up the past.