Word of the Day Archive
October 2007

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1. bouleversement: complete overthrow; a reversal.
2. supervene: to take place or occur as something additional, extraneous, or unexpected.
3. distrait: divided or withdrawn in attention, especially because of anxiety.
4. redoubtable: formidable; also, illustrious; eminent.
5. paroxysm: an outburst; a fit.
6. exiguous: extremely scanty.
7. facetious: playfully jocular; humorous.
8. maladroit: awkward; unskillful; inept.
9. physiognomy: the face or appearance.
10. slake: to satisfy or quench; also, to cause to lessen.
11. palindrome: a word, verse, phrase, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward.
12. truckle: to act in a subservient manner.
13. agglomeration: a cluster or mass.
14. impervious: impenetrable; also, not capable of being affected.
15. purblind: having greatly reduced vision.
16. quotidian: occurring daily; also, ordinary.
17. extant: still existing.
18. abscond: to depart secretly.
19. beholden: obliged; indebted.
20. jocund: light-hearted; mirthful.
21. oblation: an offering.
22. flummery: mumbo jumbo; nonsense.
23. inimical: unfriendly; unfavorable.
24. recidivism: a tendency to lapse into a previous condition or pattern of behavior; esp., into prior criminal habits.
25. stentorian: extremely loud.
26. bravado: a real or pretended show of courage or boldness.
27. impecunious: habitually without money; poor.
28. valetudinarian: a weak or sickly person.
29. terminus: the end of a transportation line or route; any finishing point.
30. soi-disant: self-styled; so-called.
31. ensorcell: to enchant; to bewitch.