Word of the Day Archive
April 2011
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- gravitas: high seriousness.
- unctuous: marked by a false or smug earnestness or agreeableness.
- abstemious: temperate; abstinent; refraining from indulgence.
- dapple: a small contrasting blotch; also, to mark with spots.
- irascible: easily provoked to anger.
- canorous: melodious; musical.
- métier: an occupation, especially in which one excels.
- futz: to pass time in idleness (usually followed by around).
- tenterhooks: in a state of uneasy suspense or painful anxiety.
- simpatico: congenial or like-minded.
- balderdash: senseless, stupid, or exaggerated talk or writing; nonsense.
- oppugn: to assail by criticism, argument, or action.
- praxis: practice, as distinguished from theory; application or use, as of knowledge or skills.
- moratory: authorizing delay of payment.
- vociferate: to speak or cry out loudly or noisily; shout; bawl.
- undertone: a color modified by an underlying color.
- scurrilous: grossly or obscenely abusive.
- corybantic: frenzied; agitated; unrestrained.
- akimbo: with hand on hip and elbow bent outward.
- abaft: to the rear of; aft of.
- mumbo jumbo: senseless or pretentious language, usually designed to obscure an issue, or the like.
- homunculus: an artificially made, miniature person or creature.
- peregrinate: to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot.
- yin: a principle in Chinese philosophy associated with negative, dark, and feminine attributes.
- marginalia: notes in the margin of a book, manuscript, or letter.
- anneal: to toughen or temper.
- jamboree: a carousal; any noisy merrymaking.
- polymorphous: having, assuming, or passing through many or various forms, stages, or the like.
- osmose: to gradually or unconsciously assimilate some principle or object.
- effloresce: to burst into bloom; blossom.
