Word of the Day Archive
October 2011
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- weltschmerz: sentimental pessimism; sorrow that one feels and accepts as one's necessary portion in life.
- mendacity: a tendency to lie; untruthfulness.
- billow: to rise or roll in or like a great wave; surge.
- endemic: belonging exclusively or confined to a particular place.
- bandersnatch: an imaginary wild animal of fierce disposition.
- druthers: one's own way, choice, or preference.
- vesuvian: volcanic, or pertaining to a fierce or fiery disposition.
- pica: an abnormal appetite for substances that are not fit to eat.
- milquetoast: a very timid, unassertive, spineless person.
- titubant: a disturbance resulting in an uncertain gait and trembling.
- jaundiced: affected with or exhibiting prejudice, as from envy or resentment.
- etiology: the study of the causes of diseases.
- flaxen: of the pale yellowish color of dressed flax or linen.
- cosmogony: a theory or story of the origin and development of the universe.
- askance: with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval.
- lummox: a clumsy, stupid person.
- dorsal: situated on the back.
- moot: open to discussion or debate; doubtful.
- harrowing: extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous.
- tawdry: gaudy, showy and cheap.
- loll: to recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge.
- anomie: a sense of loneliness and anxiety.
- ferly: something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror.
- anoesis: a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- mesmerize: to spellbind; fascinate.
- animadvert: to comment unfavorably or critically.
- perdition: a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
- berserk: violently or destructively frenzied; wild; crazed; deranged.
- sepulchral: proper to or suggestive of a tomb; funereal or dismal.
- thanatopsis: a view or contemplation of death.
- nyctophobia: an abnormal fear of night or darkness.
