Word of the Day Archive
July 2000

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1. concomitant: accompanying; attending.
2. busker: a street musician or performer.
3. turgid: swollen, bloated; also, bombastic, pompous.
4. denizen: an inhabitant.
5. peregrination: a traveling from place to place.
6. tocsin: a warning.
7. palliate: to make an offense seem less serious; also, to relieve or lessen without curing.
8. improvident: lacking foresight; negligent; thoughtless.
9. inimical: unfriendly; unfavorable.
10. halcyon: peaceful; undisturbed; happy.
11. coeval: existing during the same period of time; also, a contemporary.
12. obtrude: to thrust out; also, to impose on others.
13. cozen: to deceive or obtain by deceit.
14. perfervid: ardent; impassioned.
15. recrudescent: breaking out again.
16. deride: to laugh at with contempt.
17. billingsgate: foul, abusive language.
18. factotum: a person employed to do all kinds of work.
19. jejune: lacking in nutritional value; also, immature; also, dull.
20. evince: to show in a clear manner.
21. cacophony: harsh or discordant sound.
22. perfidy: faithlessness; treachery.
23. onus: burden; also, blame; stigma.
24. tergiversation: evasion; also, desertion of a cause, party, etc.
25. opprobrium: reproach mingled with contempt.
26. hoary: tedious from familiarity; stale.
27. tractable: docile; manageable, governable.
28. recumbent: reclining; lying down.
29. prevaricate: to depart from or evade the truth.
30. libation: the act of pouring a liquid as a sacrifice; also, a beverage.
31. quandary: a state of difficulty or perplexity.