Word of the Day Archive
August 2003
- alfresco: outdoors; outdoor.
- plethora: excess.
- jocular: given to or characterized by joking.
- physiognomy: the face or appearance.
- constitutional: a walk taken for one's health.
- tutelage: guardianship; protection; also, instruction.
- incommunicado: without means or right to communicate.
- fillip: a snap; also, a stimulus.
- phantasmagoria: a shifting series or succession of things seen or imagined.
- cum: with; along with; combined with.
- excoriate: to express strong disapproval of; also, to flay.
- skulk: to hide in a sneaking manner.
- apothegm: a short, witty, and instructive saying.
- sine qua non: an indispensable thing.
- cognoscente: a person with special knowledge.
- vehement: marked by intensity of emotions or convictions.
- amalgam: an alloy of mercury with other metals; also, a mixture.
- wunderkind: one who achieves success or acclaim during youth.
- cozen: to deceive or obtain by deceit.
- bucolic: rustic; pastoral.
- irrefragable: impossible to refute.
- stolid: unexcitable; unemotional.
- redact: to edit.
- hyperbole: extravagant exaggeration.
- vainglory: excessive pride or vain display.
- requisite: required; indispensable.
- dour: stern or unyielding or gloomy.
- equipoise: equilibrium; also, counterbalance.
- doppelganger: a ghostly double.
- gainsay: to contradict; to deny.
- flout: to treat with contempt and disregard.
