Word of the Day Archive
March 2007
- profligate: shamelessly immoral; also, recklessly wasteful.
- conflagration: a large and destructive fire.
- entreat: to ask for or request earnestly.
- sagacious: having or showing keen discernment.
- galumph: to move in a clumsy manner or with a heavy tread.
- indefatigable: untiring.
- collegial: characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues.
- malapropism: the usually unintentionally humorous misuse of a word.
- coterminous: of equal extent or duration.
- effete: infertile; also, worn out; also, decadent, effeminate.
- nonplus: to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
- trepidation: a state of dread or alarm; apprehension.
- cogitate: to think; to ponder.
- descry: to catch sight of; to detect.
- taciturn: not inclined to talk.
- appurtenance: an adjunct or accessory.
- specious: apparently right but not so in reality.
- limpid: clear; also, serene.
- adage: an old saying.
- empyrean: the highest heaven; the heavens; the sky.
- clerisy: the intelligentsia.
- perforce: by necessity.
- animadversion: harsh criticism or disapproval.
- dour: stern or unyielding or gloomy.
- expunge: to strike out or erase; to obliterate.
- autochthonous: indigenous; native.
- roborant: restoring strength or vigor; also, a restorative.
- presentiment: a premonition.
- excursus: a digression.
- undulant: resembling waves in form, motion, or occurrence.
- sedition: incitement of rebellion against lawful authority.
