Word of the Day Archive
November 2008
- abate: become less in amount
- addle: mix up or confuse
- aquiline: curved like eagle's beak
- epicure: devotee to food, drink
- footless: lacking substance
- mot juste: appropriate expression
- olfactory: pertaining to smell
- resplendent: having brilliant color, beauty
- horripilation: goose bumps
- intimation: indirect suggestion
- sidereal: pertaining to stars, constellations
- soiree: nighttime party
- obsequies: funeral rites
- ensconced: fixed firmly
- frowzy: habitually unkempt
- adduce: produce evidence for
- adulterate: to make impure
- affectation: exaggerated display; pretense
- eminence grise: powerful person
- amatory: expressing love
- Lucullan: profusely extravagant
- nabob: wealthy person
- escutcheon: a shield or decorative covering
- guerdon: reward or payment
- reprobate: someone without scruples
- emollient: cream or something which softens
- cadence: recurrent rhythm
- eminent: above others in quality, position
- balustrade: staircase railing
- incursion: entering another's domain
