Word of the Day Archive
June 2002
- kvetch: to complain habitually.
- platitude: a banal, trite, or stale thought or remark.
- ablution: the washing of the body or some part of it.
- ameliorate: to make or grow better.
- chagrin: acute vexation or embarrassment.
- tortuous: marked by repeated turns and bends.
- kismet: destiny; fate.
- exacerbate: to aggravate; to make worse.
- penchant: a strong liking.
- ennui: a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction arising from lack of interest.
- garrulous: talkative; also, wordy.
- acrid: sharp and harsh; bitter.
- rubicund: inclining to redness; ruddy.
- sojourn: to dwell for a time; also, a temporary stay.
- laudable: praiseworthy; commendable.
- aesthete: one who cultivates great sensitivity to beauty.
- perspicacity: clearness of understanding.
- rara avis: a rare or unique person or thing.
- turpitude: baseness; depravity.
- diffident: bashful or unassertive.
- persiflage: frivolous or bantering talk.
- moribund: dying.
- sobriquet: a nickname.
- polymath: a person of great or varied learning.
- appurtenance: an adjunct or accessory.
- hirsute: covered with hair or bristles.
- nadir: the lowest point.
- wastrel: a person who wastes; a loafer.
- facetious: playfully jocular; humorous.
- afflatus: a divine inspiration.
