Word of the Day Archive
April 2006
- chicanery: the use of trickery to deceive.
- defenestrate: to throw out of a window.
- martinet: a strict disciplinarian.
- brummagem: cheap and showy; also, spurious.
- cum: with; along with; combined with.
- hobbledehoy: an awkward, gawky young fellow.
- fustian: pompous or pretentious language.
- bonhomie: a pleasant and easy manner.
- rusticate: to go or send to the country.
- stripling: an adolescent youth.
- panoply: a splendid or impressive array.
- coeval: existing during the same period of time; also, a contemporary.
- salmagundi: a mixture or assortment; also, a kind of mixed dish or salad.
- desuetude: disuse.
- land of Nod: sleep.
- hortatory: serving to encourage or incite.
- choler: anger.
- expeditious: characterized by speed and efficiency.
- implacable: incapable of being pacified.
- patina: a superficial layer.
- caveat: a warning or caution.
- itinerant: traveling from place to place.
- agog: in eager desire.
- rebarbative: repellent; irritating.
- sporadic: occurring singly, or occasionally, or in scattered instances.
- equipoise: equilibrium; also, counterbalance.
- harridan: a scolding, vicious woman.
- provenance: origin; source.
- microcosm: a smaller, representative system having analogies to a larger system.
- gloaming: twilight; dusk.
