Word of the Day Archive
July 1999
- Brobdingnagian: gigantic; enormous.
- extant: still existing.
- verdant: green.
- Whig: a friend and supporter of the American Revolution.
- trepidation: a state of dread or alarm; apprehension.
- torrid: drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching.
- gnomic: uttering, containing, or characterized by maxims.
- comity: a state of mutual harmony, friendship, and respect.
- tyro: a novice.
- avarice: an excessive desire of gain; greediness.
- eke: to gain or supplement with great effort or difficulty.
- tittle-tattle: idle, trifling talk.
- bellwether: a leader or leading indicator.
- torpid: dull; sluggish; apathetic.
- grok: to understand.
- ameliorate: to make or grow better.
- bestow: to give or confer.
- comestible: suitable to be eaten.
- requisite: required; indispensable.
- prolix: wordy.
- sobriquet: a nickname.
- Zeitgeist: the spirit of the time.
- numismatics: the collection and study of coins.
- palpable: plain; distinct; obvious.
- listless: having no desire or inclination.
- antediluvian: extremely old.
- melee: a confused conflict.
- genial: sympathetically cheerful and cheering; kindly.
- raucous: unpleasantly loud and harsh.
- aberrant: abnormal.
- diffident: bashful or unassertive.
