Word of the Day Archive
February 2002
- volte-face: an about-face.
- exiguous: extremely scanty.
- pecuniary: relating to money.
- traduce: to vilify.
- postprandial: happening or done after a meal.
- sinecure: an office or position that involves little work or responsibility.
- apogee: the highest point.
- incontrovertible: indisputable; unquestionable.
- furbelow: something showy or superfluous.
- maudlin: excessively sentimental.
- exigent: requiring immediate aid or action; also, demanding.
- contravene: to act or be counter to.
- temerarious: reckless; rash.
- philter: a potion, charm, or drug supposed to cause the person taking it to fall in love.
- reticent: inclined to keep silent.
- pronunciamento: a proclamation; a pronouncement.
- voluble: characterized by a ready flow of speech.
- erudite: characterized by extensive reading or knowledge.
- quotidian: occurring daily; also, ordinary.
- roister: to revel; to carouse.
- seriatim: in a series; one after another.
- detritus: debris.
- sybarite: a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
- loquacious: very talkative.
- tyro: a novice.
- salubrious: healthful.
- evanescent: fleeting.
- ineluctable: impossible to avoid or evade.
