Word of the Day Archive
September 2011
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- substrate: something that is spread or laid under something else.
- darkle: to grow dark, gloomy, etc.
- nebulize: to become vague, or indistinct.
- braird: to sprout; appear above the ground.
- paralipsis: the suggestion, by deliberately brief treatment of a topic, that much of significance is being omitted, as in "not to mention other faults."
- gammon: to deceive.
- aplomb: confidence; coolness.
- inculcate: to teach and impress by frequent repetition or instruction.
- chichi: affectedly trendy.
- bellwether: a leader or leading indicator.
- elegiac: relating to the mourning or remembering of the dead.
- dilatory: given to, or marked by, procrastination or delay.
- panache: dash or flamboyance in manner or style.
- fey: possessing or displaying a strange and otherworldly aspect or quality.
- bacchanalia: a revel.
- punctilious: precise; exact in the smallest particulars.
- postprandial: happening or done after a meal.
- pleonasm: the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea.
- revenant: one who returns after death or a long absence.
- acme: the highest point of something.
- irrefragable: impossible to refute.
- rapine: the act of plundering.
- copacetic: very satisfactory.
- lionize: to treat or regard as an object great interest or importance.
- tchotchke: a trinket; a knickknack.
- sapid: having flavor, especially a strong pleasant flavor.
- gadabout: one who roams about in search of amusement or social activity.
- portend: to foreshadow; to bode.
- woolgathering: indulgence in idle daydreaming.
- votary: one devoted to some pursuit, worship, study, or way of life.
