Word of the Day Archive
April 2001
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- appellation: a name, title, or designation.
- galvanic: pertaining to a direct current of electricity; also, having the effect of an electric shock.
- fillip: a snap; also, a stimulus.
- apologia: a formal defense or justification.
- flaneur: one who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer.
- hullabaloo: a confused noise; uproar.
- myriad: consisting of a very great but indefinite number; also, a very great many.
- nepotism: favoritism shown to members of one's family.
- potboiler: a usually inferior literary or artistic work, produced quickly for the purpose of making money.
- distrait: divided or withdrawn in attention, especially because of anxiety.
- raiment: clothing in general; garments.
- politic: political; also, shrewdly tactful.
- internecine: destructive; especially, mutually destructive; also, relating to conflict within a group.
- bevy: a group; an assembly.
- furtive: obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy.
- pulchritude: beauty.
- mendicant: a beggar.
- plaudit: enthusiastic approval.
- abstruse: difficult to comprehend.
- swan song: a final or farewell appearance, action, or pronouncement.
- teetotaler: one pledged to abstinence from alcoholic drinks.
- undulant: resembling waves in form, motion, or occurrence.
- rapprochement: the establishment or state of cordial relations.
- chortle: to utter, or express with, a snorting, exultant laugh or chuckle.
- hobbledehoy: an awkward, gawky young fellow.
- bricolage: construction or something constructed by using whatever materials happen to be available.
- clamber: to climb with difficulty, or on all fours.
- nettlesome: causing irritation, vexation, or distress.
- patrician: a nobleman; also, a person of refined upbringing, manners, and taste.
- heterogeneous: consisting of dissimilar elements.
