perpetrate

perpetrate - v. - to bring about or carry out; to produce, perform, or execute

contretemps - noun - an inopportune situation or event; a hitch

My first entry here. I guess I'll get on the bandwagon. Don't forget to keep your spreadsheets up-to-date so you don't submit duplicates, or todays word will apply to you.

rebarbative

rebarbative - adj - Tending to irritate; repellant.

I ran across this one while browsing through some back issues of The New Criterion. The reference was to Humanities as taught in the modern American university.

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