Word of the Day Archive
September 2000
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- ascetic: one who practices extreme self-denial; also, austere, severe.
- excoriate: to express strong disapproval of; also, to flay.
- dilettante: an amateur; also, an admirer or lover of the fine arts.
- truckle: to act in a subservient manner.
- nugatory: insignificant; also, ineffectual.
- moiety: a half; a small part.
- variegated: having marks or patches of different colors; also, varied.
- convivial: relating to feasting, drinking, and good company; festive.
- posit: to postulate; also, to suggest.
- expunge: to strike out or erase; to obliterate.
- largess: generous giving; also, gifts of money or other valuables.
- woebegone: woeful; also, run-down.
- milieu: environment; setting.
- accede: to agree or assent; also, to become a party.
- salient: noticeable; also, projecting; also, leaping.
- wunderkind: one who achieves success or acclaim during youth.
- obeisance: an expression of deference.
- felicitous: apt or appropriate; also, delightful.
- grandee: a man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman.
- disconsolate: hopelessly sad; also, saddening; cheerless.
- malinger: to feign illness or inability.
- credulous: inclined to believe too readily.
- tryst: an appointment (as between lovers) to meet.
- paragon: a model of excellence or perfection.
- inscrutable: difficult to fathom or understand.
- soporific: causing sleep; also, something that causes sleep.
- congeries: a collection; an aggregation.
- didactic: conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson.
- officious: meddlesome.
- flippant: showing inappropriate levity; pert.
