Word of the Day Archive
August 2008
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- panoply: a splendid or impressive array.
- sapient: wise; sage; discerning.
- brummagem: cheap and showy; also, spurious.
- obeisance: an expression of deference.
- vituperate: to overwhelm with wordy abuse.
- spoony: foolishly or sentimentally in love.
- asperity: roughness of surface, sound, or manner.
- vexillology: the study of flags.
- tittle-tattle: idle, trifling talk.
- exalt: to praise, glorify, or honor.
- provenance: origin; source.
- enervate: to weaken.
- chichi: affectedly trendy.
- lackadaisical: lacking spirit or liveliness.
- blackguard: a scoundrel.
- supernumerary: exceeding a necessary or usual number.
- philter: a potion, charm, or drug supposed to cause the person taking it to fall in love.
- knell: the stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral.
- aestival: of or belonging to the summer.
- bruit: To report; to noise abroad.
- juju: an object superstitiously believed to embody magical powers.
- Hobson's choice: a choice without an alternative.
- foment: to nurse to life or activity; to incite.
- comity: a state of mutual harmony, friendship, and respect.
- berate: to scold severely or angrily.
- peregrination: a traveling from place to place.
- naif: a naive or inexperienced person.
- chthonic: dwelling in or under the earth; also, pertaining to the underworld.
- redress: to set right.
- fop: a man who is vain about his dress and appearance.
- gubernatorial: of or pertaining to a governor.
