Word of the Day Archive
December 2009
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- intrepid: fearless; bold.
- myrmidon: a loyal follower.
- roborant: restoring strength or vigor; also, a restorative.
- gallimaufry: a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley.
- nonplus: to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
- bonhomie: a pleasant and easy manner.
- fatuous: inanely foolish; stupid; also, illusory.
- solicitous: manifesting, expressing, or full of care or concern.
- ratiocination: the process of logical reasoning.
- cogitate: to think; to ponder.
- recalcitrant: stubbornly resistant to and defiant of authority or restraint.
- palliate: to make an offense seem less serious; also, to relieve or lessen without curing.
- largess: generous giving; also, gifts of money or other valuables.
- numinous: spiritual.
- appellation: a name, title, or designation.
- doff: to take off; to remove; also, to rid oneself of.
- paroxysm: an outburst; a fit.
- diaphanous: allowing light to pass through.
- capricious: whimsical; changeable.
- iota: a very small quantity or degree.
- dolorous: marked by, causing, or expressing grief or sorrow.
- collude: to act in concert; to conspire.
- clinquant: glittering; tinsel-like; also, tinsel.
- lambent: playing on the surface; flickering.
- embonpoint: plumpness of person.
- hauteur: haughtiness; arrogance.
- expatiate: to speak or write at length.
- surreptitious: done, made, or gotten by stealth; also, marked by stealth.
- cajole: to coax.
- presage: an omen; also, to predict.
- vicissitude: a change in condition or fortune.
