Word of the Day Archive
November 2007
- forcible: effected by force used against resistance; also, powerful.
- myrmidon: a loyal follower.
- politic: political; also, shrewdly tactful.
- sciolism: superficial knowledge.
- woolgathering: indulgence in idle daydreaming.
- bete noire: something or someone particularly detested or avoided.
- fealty: fidelity; allegiance; faithfulness.
- ameliorate: to make or grow better.
- polyglot: speaking or containing many languages.
- deleterious: harmful.
- mercurial: changeable; temperamental; volatile.
- gesticulate: to make gestures or motions.
- perfervid: ardent; impassioned.
- flaneur: one who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer.
- hector: to bully or harass.
- aggrandize: to make or make appear great or greater.
- restive: resisting control; stubborn.
- comport: to behave (oneself) in a particular manner.
- flout: to treat with contempt and disregard.
- extirpate: to eradicate; to destroy.
- wiseacre: a smart aleck.
- deipnosophist: one skilled in table talk.
- postprandial: happening or done after a meal.
- somniferous: causing or inducing sleep.
- recumbent: reclining; lying down.
- foundling: a deserted or abandoned child.
- kvetch: to complain habitually.
- incongruous: lacking in harmony.
- hirsute: covered with hair or bristles.
- malapropos: unseasonable or unseasonably; inappropriate or inappropriately.
