Word of the Day Archive
September 2007

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1. propitiate: to appease; to conciliate.
2. solecism: a breach of good manners or etiquette.
3. maudlin: excessively sentimental.
4. commination: a denunciation.
5. antiquarian: one who collects, studies, or deals in antiquities.
6. evince: to show in a clear manner.
7. salient: noticeable; also, projecting; also, leaping.
8. fungible: interchangeable.
9. yen: a desire or craving.
10. cozen: to deceive or obtain by deceit.
11. plangent: beating with a loud or deep sound; also, expressing sadness.
12. impassible: incapable of suffering; also, unfeeling or not showing feeling.
13. roue: a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure.
14. ignoble: not noble.
15. panjandrum: an important or self-important official.
16. turpitude: baseness; depravity.
17. ne plus ultra: the acme; also, the most profound degree.
18. potboiler: a usually inferior literary or artistic work, produced quickly for the purpose of making money.
19. varicolored: having a variety of colors.
20. recreant: cowardly; also, unfaithful or disloyal.
21. intrepid: fearless; bold.
22. embonpoint: plumpness of person.
23. abrogate: to annul; to do away with.
24. panacea: a cure-all.
25. noisome: offensive or disgusting; also, harmful; unwholesome.
26. factotum: a person employed to do all kinds of work.
27. pronunciamento: a proclamation; a pronouncement.
28. mendacious: untruthful; also, untrue.
29. doff: to take off; to remove; also, to rid oneself of.
30. precipice: a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place.