Word of the Day Archive
October 2009
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- adjuvant: serving to help or assist; auxiliary; also, a person or thing that aids or helps.
- incarnadine: pink or red; also, to redden.
- raffish: gaudily vulgar or cheap; also, characterized by a carefree or fun-loving unconventionality.
- bifurcate: to divide into two branches.
- esurient: hungry; greedy.
- burgeon: to grow or develop rapidly; also, to put forth new buds or greenery; sprout.
- foofaraw: excessive or flashy ornamentation; also, a fuss over a trivial matter.
- titivate: to make decorative additions to; to spruce.
- convivial: relating to feasting, drinking, and good company; festive.
- reverie: a state of abstracted musing; daydreaming.
- descry: to catch sight of; to detect.
- exculpate: to clear from alleged fault or guilt.
- triskaidekaphobia: fear of the number 13.
- pukka: genuine, authentic, or good; proper.
- fetor: a strong, offensive smell.
- redolent: having or exuding fragrance; also, evocative, reminiscent.
- innocuous: harmless; also, unlikely to offend or provoke.
- turbid: muddy; not clear; also, confused; disordered.
- fugacious: lasting but a short time.
- milieu: environment; setting.
- scuttlebutt: gossip; rumor.
- aesthete: one who cultivates great sensitivity to beauty.
- galumph: to move in a clumsy manner or with a heavy tread.
- confabulation: familiar talk.
- sycophant: one who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people.
- loquacious: very talkative.
- punctilious: precise; exact in the smallest particulars.
- conflate: to bring together; to meld.
- stentorian: extremely loud.
- tenebrous: dark; gloomy.
- eke: to gain or supplement with great effort or difficulty.
