Word of the Day Archive
March 2002
- prolix: wordy.
- cavalcade: a procession.
- celerity: quickness; swiftness.
- obloquy: ill repute.
- extol: to praise.
- frisson: a brief moment of intense excitement.
- malediction: a curse.
- lenity: the state or quality of being lenient.
- unctuous: marked by a false or smug earnestness or agreeableness.
- expatiate: to speak or write at length.
- nescience: lack of knowledge or awareness.
- desideratum: something desired.
- indomitable: incapable of being subdued or overcome.
- raconteur: one who excels in telling stories and anecdotes.
- sunder: to break apart.
- peccadillo: a slight offense; a petty fault.
- extricate: to free or release from a difficulty or entanglement.
- aspersion: a damaging or derogatory remark.
- levity: frivolity.
- mellifluous: flowing sweetly or smoothly.
- logorrhea: excessive talkativeness.
- arrogate: to claim or seize without right or justification.
- forlorn: sad and lonely because deserted, abandoned, or lost.
- comport: to behave (oneself) in a particular manner.
- farrago: an assortment; a medley.
- ratiocination: the process of logical reasoning.
- varicolored: having a variety of colors.
- doula: a woman who assists in childbirth.
- nonagenarian: someone whose age is in the nineties.
- friable: easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder.
- gravitas: high seriousness.
