Word of the Day Archive
May 2004
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- commensurate: equal in measure or extent; also, proportionate.
- urbane: polished and smooth in manner.
- abstruse: difficult to comprehend.
- militate: to have force or influence.
- embonpoint: plumpness of person.
- preternatural: beyond of different from what is natural; inexplicable; extraordinary; abnormal.
- hardscrabble: barren, marginal; also, marked by poverty.
- ignoramus: an ignorant person; a dunce.
- apologia: a formal defense or justification.
- sentient: capable of perceiving by the senses.
- conflagration: a large and destructive fire.
- bromide: a commonplace or conventional saying.
- suasion: the act of persuading.
- roue: a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure.
- hullabaloo: a confused noise; uproar.
- neologism: a new word or expression; the use or creation of new words or expressions.
- redoubtable: formidable; also, illustrious; eminent.
- accede: to agree or assent; also, to become a party.
- doyen: the senior member of a body or group.
- abecedarian: pertaining to the alphabet; also, rudimentary; also, a beginner.
- crabwise: sideways; also, in a cautiously indirect manner.
- glabrous: without hairs or projections; smooth.
- tarradiddle: a fib; also, pretentious nonsense.
- irrupt: to burst in forcibly or suddenly.
- agrestic: pertaining to fields or the country.
- cap-a-pie: from head to foot.
- fetor: a strong, offensive smell.
- olla podrida: a kind of seasoned stew; also, a mixture, a hodgepodge.
- pernicious: deadly; destructive; exceedingly harmful.
- aegis: a shield; protection.
- politic: political; also, shrewdly tactful.
