Word of the Day Archive
July 2011
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- deciduous: falling off or shed at a particular season, stage of growth, etc.
- bedlam: a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion.
- chow: food, especially hearty dishes or a meal.
- suffrage: the right to vote, especially in a political election.
- aporia: difficulty determining the truth of an idea due to equally valid arguments for and against it.
- stonewall: to block, stall, or resist intentionally.
- futilitarian: believing that human hopes are vain and unjustified.
- patois: a regional version of a language differing from its standard, literary form.
- sublimate: to direct the energy of a primitive impulse into activities that are considered to be socially more acceptable.
- skylark: to frolic; sport.
- trig: neat, trim, smart.
- assay: to examine or analyze.
- gumption: initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness.
- usufruct: the right to use the property of another as long as it isn't damaged.
- apodictic: necessarily true or logically certain.
- abject: utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched
- torque: the moment of a force that tends to cause rotation.
- canonical: authorized; recognized; accepted.
- zugzwang: a situation in which a player is limited to moves that have a damaging effect.
- dearth: an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack.
- detente: a relaxing of tension, especially between nations.
- feign: to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of.
- erubescent: becoming red or reddish; blushing.
- somatic: of the body; bodily; physical.
- handsel: first encounter with or use of something taken as a token of what will follow.
- mantic: of or pertaining to divination.
- hoary: tedious from familiarity; stale.
- deadpan: marked by or accomplished with a careful pretense of seriousness or calm detachment.
- aureate: characterized by an ornate style of writing or speaking.
- gazump: to cheat (a house buyer) by raising the price, at the time a contract is to be signed, over the amount originally agreed upon.
- ambsace: the smallest amount or distance.
