Word of the Day Archive
September 2003
- supercilious: disdainfully arrogant.
- en masse: all together; as a whole.
- cadge: to beg; to sponge.
- perambulate: to stroll; to walk through or over.
- agog: in eager desire.
- innocuous: harmless; also, unlikely to offend or provoke.
- mimetic: imitative.
- defenestrate: to throw out of a window.
- métier: an occupation, especially in which one excels.
- caveat: a warning or caution.
- succor: aid; help; also, to help or relieve.
- inveigh: to rail (against some person or thing).
- stoic: indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; also, one who is stoic.
- confluence: a flowing or coming together.
- hortatory: serving to encourage or incite.
- dotage: feebleness of mind due to old age.
- canard: an unfounded or false report.
- malaise: a condition of uneasiness or ill-being.
- transmogrify: to transform.
- evince: to show in a clear manner.
- gesticulate: to make gestures or motions.
- martinet: a strict disciplinarian.
- supernumerary: exceeding a necessary or usual number.
- deus ex machina: an agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an apparently insoluble difficulty.
- hobbledehoy: an awkward, gawky young fellow.
- toothsome: delicious; attractive; luscious.
- ascribe: to attribute.
- titivate: to make decorative additions to; to spruce.
- uxorious: excessively fond of or submissive to a wife.
- atrabilious: irritable; ill-natured.
