Word of the Day Archive
August 2012
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- incondite: ill-constructed; unpolished.
- cathect: to invest emotion or feeling in an idea, object, or another person.
- foible: a minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect.
- billet-doux: a love letter.
- compeer: close friend; comrade.
- hew: to uphold, follow closely, or conform.
- guff: empty or foolish talk; nonsense.
- orectic: of or pertaining to desire; appetitive.
- vicinage: the region near or about a place; vicinity.
- pillory: to expose to public derision, ridicule, or abuse.
- pelagic: of or pertaining to the open seas or oceans.
- natty: neatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance; spruce.
- fallow: not in use; inactive.
- aseptic: free from the germs of disease, fermentation, or putrefaction.
- concatenate: to link together; unite in a series or chain.
- belletristic: related to literature regarded as a fine art.
- phthisis: a wasting away.
- nomothetic: giving or establishing laws; legislative.
- lodestar: something that serves as a guide or on which the attention is fixed.
- simper: to smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
- velleity: volition in its weakest form.
- hieratic: highly restrained or severe in emotional import.
- bole: the stem or trunk of a tree.
- concertina: to fold, crush together, or collapse in the manner of a concertina.
- antic: ludicrous; funny.
- fabulist: a liar.
- compère: a host, master of ceremonies.
- bathetic: displaying or characterized by insincere emotion.
- truncate: to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short.
- crucible: a severe, searching test or trial.
- gull: to deceive, trick, or cheat.
