Word of the Day Archive
November 2004

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1. debouch: to emerge; to issue.
2. jejune: lacking in nutritional value; also, immature; also, dull.
3. redolent: having or exuding fragrance; also, evocative, reminiscent.
4. imprecation: a curse.
5. obsequious: servilely attentive; fawning.
6. effrontery: shameless boldness; insolence.
7. arriviste: an upstart.
8. fallible: liable to make a mistake.
9. gadabout: one who roams about in search of amusement or social activity.
10. ribald: characterized by, or given to, vulgar humor.
11. turbid: muddy; not clear; also, confused; disordered.
12. propitiate: to appease; to conciliate.
13. discomfit: to disconcert; also, to thwart.
14. intrepid: fearless; bold.
15. chortle: to utter, or express with, a snorting, exultant laugh or chuckle.
16. louche: of questionable taste or morality.
17. supplant: to take the place of.
18. clerisy: the intelligentsia.
19. denouement: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work.
20. prink: to primp.
21. sagacious: having or showing keen discernment.
22. disquisition: a formal discourse on a subject.
23. panjandrum: an important or self-important official.
24. tattoo: a rapid, rhythmic drumming or rapping.
25. cormorant: a gluttonous or greedy person.
26. pastiche: a hodgepodge; a potpourri.
27. egregious: outrageously bad.
28. cajole: to coax.
29. Promethean: of or pertaining to Prometheus; also, boldly original.
30. contretemps: something inopportune or embarrassing.