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Feb. 28: redact (transitive verb): To draw up or frame (a statement, proclamation, etc.); to put in writing.
2. To make ready and put in shape for publication; to edit.
"The authors have obtained a copy of this memo, albeit
redacted."
Feb. 26: progeny (noun): The immediate descendants of a person, animal, or plant:
"I would like to
create something my progeny will be proud of."
Feb. 24: stanch (transitive verb):
To stop the flowing of; to check in its course; also, to stop the flowing of
blood from; as, "to stanch a wound."
"Otherwise Stalin might have feared that President
Harry Truman would stanch any North Korean
invasion by threatening to use atomic weapons."
Feb. 22: diminution (noun): A lessening, decrease, or
reduction.
"I could cope with the steady diminution of my
salary, as everyone was experiencing the same belt
tightening at the time, but the lack of stimulating work
drove me mad."
Feb. 19: parry (verb): To avoid, deflect, or
ward off; To deflect or evade (a question). "He skillfully
parried the question with a
quick, not entirely off-topic reply."
Feb. 16: awfulize (verb): To imagine something to be as bad as it can possibly be.
"One way to make yourself miserable is awfulizing
a situation, or imposing
impossible standards upon yourself and others."
Feb. 14: obviate (verb): To avoid, bypass, or make
unnecessary.
"They saved enough money for their purchase and
obviated the need to borrow."
Feb. 12: commodious (adjective):
Comfortably or conveniently spacious; roomy; as, a commodious house.
"Then there are the trousers, black check or blue check, with
commodious
pockets."
Feb. 9: inclement (adjective): Rough, harsh; extreme, severe -- generally restricted to the elements or
weather. Severe, unrelenting; cruel.
"To make his misery complete he was forced to travel back in the winter, in the
most inclement weather."
Feb. 7: expatriate (noun): A person who lives
permanently in a foreign land.
"It is a mistake to expect good work from
expatriates for it is not what they do that
matters but what they are not doing.- Cyril
Connolly
Feb. 4: braggadocio (noun): A braggart;
empty boasting; a swaggering, cocky manner.
He is a glorified gutter rat from a dying New Jersey
town who walks with an easy swagger that is part
residual stage presence, part boardwalk braggadocio.- Jay
Cocks
Feb. 1: deprecate (transitive verb): To
disapprove of strongly; to belittle; to depreciate.
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those
who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate
agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the
ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning."-
Frederick Douglass
