words of anglo-saxon origin

William V. (United States of America)
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  1. fulsome
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  2. bespoke
    custom-made
  3. wizened
    lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
  4. gainsay
    take exception to
  5. winnow
    the act of separating grain from chaff
  6. prate
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  7. staid
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  8. mawkish
    very sentimental or emotional
  9. fulsome
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  10. wont
    an established custom
    As any greying Simpsonian is wont to explain, pretty much every major cast member has nabbed the famed golden statue at one time or another.
  11. whit
    a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
    He was not one whit abashed by the discovery, nor awed, nor cast down. Weyman, Stanley John
  12. sunder
    break apart or in two, using violence
Created on Wed Oct 16 12:35:05 EDT 2013 (updated Fri Oct 18 00:41:00 EDT 2013)

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