Word of the Day Archive
September 1999
- juju: an object superstitiously believed to embody magical powers.
- chagrin: acute vexation or embarrassment.
- métier: an occupation, especially in which one excels.
- facile: easily done or performed.
- perforce: by necessity.
- evanescent: fleeting.
- quotidian: occurring daily; also, ordinary.
- specious: apparently right but not so in reality.
- munificent: very generous.
- indolent: lazy; inactive.
- intransigent: uncompromising.
- tortuous: marked by repeated turns and bends.
- paucity: fewness; insufficiency.
- autodidact: one who is self-taught.
- fatuous: inanely foolish; stupid; also, illusory.
- complement: something that fills up or completes.
- taciturn: not inclined to talk.
- en masse: all together; as a whole.
- confluence: a flowing or coming together.
- maudlin: excessively sentimental.
- enervate: to weaken.
- recondite: difficult to understand.
- paroxysm: an outburst; a fit.
- copious: large in quantity; also, affording an abundant supply.
- exalt: to praise, glorify, or honor.
- erroneous: containing or characterized by error.
- prescience: knowledge of events before they take place.
- ineluctable: impossible to avoid or evade.
- obdurate: hardened in feelings or in wrongdoing; unyielding.
- banal: commonplace; trivial.
