Word of the Day Archive
May 2000
- subterfuge: a deceptive device or stratagem.
- kismet: destiny; fate.
- turpitude: baseness; depravity.
- ephemeral: lasting a very short time.
- inveigle: to persuade or obtain by ingenuity or flattery.
- portentous: foreboding; ominous.
- facetious: playfully jocular; humorous.
- deign: to condescend.
- restive: resisting control; stubborn.
- schadenfreude: a malicious satisfaction in the misfortunes of others.
- pari passu: at an equal pace or rate.
- mawkish: sickly or excessively sentimental.
- panache: dash or flamboyance in manner or style.
- adventitious: added extrinsically; not essentially inherent.
- kvetch: to complain habitually.
- pejorative: disparaging; belittling.
- cognoscente: a person with special knowledge.
- alacrity: a cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptness.
- bravura: a showy display.
- vivify: to endue with life; to enliven.
- sonorous: yielding sound; impressive in sound.
- anathema: a curse; a person or thing cursed, or intensely disliked.
- laconic: using or marked by the use of a minimum of words.
- deleterious: harmful.
- platitude: a banal, trite, or stale thought or remark.
- quash: to annul; also, to crush; to subdue.
- meretricious: tawdry.
- bumptious: crudely, presumptuously, or noisily self-assertive.
- laudable: praiseworthy; commendable.
- inamorata: a woman whom one is in love with.
- penchant: a strong liking.
