Word of the Day Archive
March 2005

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1. salubrious: healthful.
2. fiat: an arbitrary or authoritative command or order.
3. gelid: extremely cold; icy.
4. billet: to provide or obtain lodging.
5. incongruous: lacking in harmony.
6. nepotism: favoritism shown to members of one's family.
7. fey: possessing or displaying a strange and otherworldly aspect or quality.
8. ambuscade: an ambush; also, to ambush.
9. gourmand: one who enjoys good food in great quantities.
10. lachrymose: given to causing tears.
11. coquetry: flirtation.
12. potboiler: a usually inferior literary or artistic work, produced quickly for the purpose of making money.
13. parse: to analyze.
14. nimiety: excess.
15. quotidian: occurring daily; also, ordinary.
16. fugacious: lasting but a short time.
17. cabal: a group that seeks power usually through intrigue.
18. pecuniary: relating to money.
19. postprandial: happening or done after a meal.
20. spoonerism: the transposition of usually initial sounds in a pair of words.
21. furbelow: something showy or superfluous.
22. stygian: dark and gloomy; also, infernal.
23. lumpen: those individuals cut off from their normal socioeconomic class.
24. copacetic: very satisfactory.
25. pestiferous: bearing or bringing disease, moral harm, or annoyance.
26. luculent: clear; easily understood.
27. sapid: having flavor, especially a strong pleasant flavor.
28. contemn: to scorn; to despise.
29. aliment: nutriment or sustenance.
30. temporize: to be indecisive or evasive in order to gain time; also, to go with the times.
31. magniloquent: lofty or grandiose in speech or expression.