Word of the Day Archive
March 2003
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- sylvan: pertaining to woods or forests.
- countermand: to revoke (a former command) or recall by a contrary order.
- stormy petrel: a type of seabird; also, one fond of bringing strife.
- votary: one devoted to some pursuit, worship, study, or way of life.
- melange: a mixture.
- salutary: beneficial; also, healthful.
- scrabble: to scrape or scratch with the hands or feet.
- piebald: mottled; also, mixed.
- berate: to scold severely or angrily.
- limn: to draw or paint; also, to describe.
- mollify: to reduce in intensity; to soothe; to soften.
- immolate: to kill or destroy, often by fire.
- tetchy: peevish; testy; irritable.
- emolument: the wages or perquisites arising from office, employment, or labor.
- benignant: kind; gracious; favorable.
- preponderate: to exceed in weight, influence, importance, amount, etc.
- verdant: green.
- trencherman: a hearty eater.
- diadem: a crown.
- virago: an ill-tempered, overbearing woman; also, a woman of great strength and courage.
- supposititious: fraudulently substituted; also, hypothetical.
- inanition: exhaustion from lack of nourishment; also, emptiness.
- conspectus: a sketch, survey, or outline of a subject.
- salmagundi: a mixture or assortment; also, a kind of mixed dish or salad.
- caesura: a break or pause in a line of verse; also, any break or pause.
- expeditious: characterized by speed and efficiency.
- deprecate: to disapprove of; also, to belittle.
- misnomer: a misnaming.
- verbiage: an overabundance of words.
- Brobdingnagian: gigantic; enormous.
- invidious: tending to provoke envy or ill will.
