Word of the Day Archive
December 2000
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- oneiric: pertaining to or suggestive of dreams.
- execrable: detestable; extremely bad.
- patina: a superficial layer.
- provenance: origin; source.
- caveat: a warning or caution.
- nonage: a period of youth or immaturity.
- atelier: a workshop; a studio.
- fetid: stinking.
- itinerant: traveling from place to place.
- conurbation: an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities.
- equipoise: equilibrium; also, counterbalance.
- coruscate: to emit vivid flashes of light; sparkle; scintillate; gleam.
- voluptuary: a person devoted to luxury and the gratification of sensual appetites.
- harridan: a scolding, vicious woman.
- ambit: circuit or compass; also, sphere of action or influence.
- rapport: relation characterized by sympathetic understanding.
- pandemic: affecting a whole people or a number of countries.
- apocryphal: of doubtful authority or authenticity.
- cormorant: a gluttonous or greedy person.
- microcosm: a smaller, representative system having analogies to a larger system.
- harbinger: a precursor; one that presages what is to come.
- censure: to criticize severely; also, an expression of disapproval.
- capricious: whimsical; changeable.
- sporadic: occurring singly, or occasionally, or in scattered instances.
- wassail: an expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one.
- quidnunc: a gossip; a busybody.
- impassible: incapable of suffering; also, unfeeling or not showing feeling.
- gloaming: twilight; dusk.
- manse: a large and imposing residence.
- Grub Street: the world or category of impoverished literary hacks.
- Hogmanay: a gift given on New Year's Eve.
