Word of the Day Archive
February 2000
- rebarbative: repellent; irritating.
- afflatus: a divine inspiration.
- comport: to behave (oneself) in a particular manner.
- sunder: to break apart.
- espy: to see at a glance.
- compunction: anxiety or unease from guilt; also, a scruple.
- venial: capable of being forgiven; excusable.
- gimcrack: a showy but useless or worthless object.
- truculent: fierce; savage; ferocious.
- unctuous: marked by a false or smug earnestness or agreeableness.
- celerity: quickness; swiftness.
- vehement: marked by intensity of emotions or convictions.
- putative: commonly thought or deemed; supposed.
- wheedle: to entice by flattery.
- stolid: unexcitable; unemotional.
- lugubrious: mournful; gloomy; dismal.
- abjure: to renounce, reject, or shun.
- vicissitude: a change in condition or fortune.
- redress: to set right.
- ubiquitous: being everywhere.
- propinquity: nearness.
- venal: capable of being bought; also, corruptible.
- obviate: to anticipate and dispose of or make unnecessary.
- mellifluous: flowing sweetly or smoothly.
- prestidigitation: performance of or skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with the hands; sleight of hand.
- gastronome: a lover of good food and drink.
- exculpate: to clear from alleged fault or guilt.
- diaphanous: allowing light to pass through.
- supernumerary: exceeding a necessary or usual number.
