Word of the Day Archive
June 2001
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- alfresco: outdoors; outdoor.
- dotage: feebleness of mind due to old age.
- parse: to analyze.
- commensurate: equal in measure or extent; also, proportionate.
- paterfamilias: the male head of a household; the father of a family.
- rotund: round; rounded in figure.
- wag: a humorous person; a wit.
- efficacious: producing, or capable of producing, a desired effect.
- aegis: a shield; protection.
- denouement: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work.
- yen: a desire or craving.
- irenic: promoting peace.
- perorate: to conclude or sum up a long discourse; also, to speak at length.
- sui generis: unique.
- collegial: characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues.
- slaver: to slobber; to drool.
- discomfit: to disconcert; also, to thwart.
- sere: dry; withered.
- gadabout: one who roams about in search of amusement or social activity.
- effusive: excessively demonstrative.
- languor: lack of energy or vitality.
- bloviate: to speak or write in a pompous manner.
- mephitic: offensive to the smell; also, noxious.
- oblation: an offering.
- interlard: to insert between; to mix.
- fait accompli: an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact.
- blackguard: a scoundrel.
- peremptory: precluding or putting an end to all debate or action.
- genuflect: to bend the knee, as in worship; also, to grovel.
- redolent: having or exuding fragrance; also, evocative, reminiscent.
