Word of the Day Archive
December 1999
- jocund: light-hearted; mirthful.
- panoply: a splendid or impressive array.
- miscreant: a scoundrel, a villain; also, a heretic.
- fugacious: lasting but a short time.
- respite: an interval of rest or relief.
- somnolent: drowsy; also, tending to cause sleepiness.
- cavil: to raise trivial objections; also, a trivial objection.
- daedal: skillful; artistic; ingenious.
- sang-froid: coolness in trying circumstances.
- clinquant: glittering; tinsel-like; also, tinsel.
- assiduous: constant in application or attention.
- intractable: not easily governed, managed, or directed.
- detritus: debris.
- eschew: to shun; to avoid.
- apogee: the highest point.
- cant: to talk hypocritically.
- imbroglio: a complicated and embarrassing state of things.
- levity: frivolity.
- choler: anger.
- inure: to make used to; also, to take or have effect.
- bonhomie: a pleasant and easy manner.
- land of Nod: sleep.
- ineffable: incapable of being expressed.
- vociferous: clamorous; noisy.
- beneficence: the practice of doing good.
- plenary: full; complete.
- lassitude: lack of vitality or energy.
- chary: wary; cautious.
- descry: to catch sight of; to detect.
- cynosure: a center of attention.
- fin de siecle: characteristic of the close of the century; sophisticated; world-weary.
