Word of the Day Archive
September 2009
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- fecund: fruitful; prolific; also, marked by intellectual productivity.
- abecedarian: pertaining to the alphabet; also, rudimentary; also, a beginner.
- carom: to strike and rebound; also, a glancing off.
- gadabout: one who roams about in search of amusement or social activity.
- voluptuary: a person devoted to luxury and the gratification of sensual appetites.
- acquiesce: to accept or consent passively or without objection.
- sacrosanct: sacred; inviolable.
- refulgent: brilliant; resplendent.
- malapropism: the usually unintentionally humorous misuse of a word.
- noisome: offensive or disgusting; also, harmful; unwholesome.
- puissant: powerful.
- inure: to make used to; also, to take or have effect.
- bucolic: rustic; pastoral.
- crapulous: sick from, or marked by, excessive drinking.
- lucubration: laborious work, study, thought, etc., esp. at night.
- logorrhea: excessive talkativeness.
- efficacious: producing, or capable of producing, a desired effect.
- alacrity: a cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptness.
- farrago: an assortment; a medley.
- tchotchke: a trinket; a knickknack.
- equivocate: to be deliberately ambiguous or unclear.
- cognoscente: a person with special knowledge.
- eldritch: unearthly; weird; eerie.
- assiduous: constant in application or attention.
- cavort: to bound or prance about.
- traduce: to vilify.
- predilection: an established preference.
- sinuous: having many curves, bends, or turns; winding; also, indirect; devious.
- ameliorate: to make or grow better.
- gaucherie: a socially awkward or tactless act; also, lack of tact.
