Topic: Word of the Day

Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of January 20, 2019 0





Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of January 20, 2019
January 20, 2019
Autonomous – n. – self-governing, independent of outside control
January 21, 2019
Chicanery – n. – trickery or subterfuge
January 22, 2019
Expiate – v. – to atone for or make amends for
January 23, 2019
Laconic – n. – brief or terse
January 24, 2019
Parsimoniuos – n. – excessively frugal, penny pinching
January 25, 2019
Sententious – n. – full of old sayings, maxims or proverbs
January 26, 2019
Esoteric – adj. – hidden or secret
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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of January 13, 2019




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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of January 13, 2019

January 13, 2019
Obstreperous – n. – boisterous or unruly
January 14, 2019
Lugubrious – n. – ridiculously sorrowful, mournful
January 15, 2019
Ecstatic – n. – overpowered by delight
January 16, 2019
Banal – n. – trite, commonplace, uninspired
January 17, 2019
Unctuous – n. – oily, overly suave
January 18, 2019
Prototype – adj. – model or pattern
January 19, 2019
Ebullient – n. – full of enthusiasm, bubling with energy
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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of January 6, 2019




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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of January 6, 2019

January 6, 2019
Moribund – adj. – dying or ending
January 7, 2019
Regressive – adj. – going backwards
January 8, 2019
Wry – n. – indirect or twisted
January 9, 2019
Enervate – v. – deprive of nervous energy or weaken
January 10, 2019
Candor – adj. – frankness or outspokenness
January 11, 2019
Vapid – n. – empty or dull
January 12, 2019
Dour – adj. – sour, sullen, gloomy
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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of December 30, 2018




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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of December 30, 2018

December 30, 2018
Acumen – n. – keen insight
December 31, 2018
Castigate – v. – severely criticize
January 1, 2019
Ephemeral – adj. – short-lived or fleeting
January 2, 2019
Myopic – adj. – near-sighted
January 3, 2019
Sagacity – adj. – wisdom
January 4, 2019
Caprice – adj. – a whim, an unmotivated decision
January 5, 2019
Engender – v. – cause or produce
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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of December 23, 2018




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Word Of The Day – For The Week Of December 23, 2018

December 23, 2018
Entopic – adj. – occurring inside the eye
December 24, 2018
Punim – n. – a person’s face
December 25, 2018
Graphology – n. – the study of handwriting
December 26, 2018
Telic – adj. – directed or tending to a definite end
December 27, 2018
Deictic – adj. – denoting a word whose meaning depends on context
December 28, 2018
Fortissimo – adv. – very loud or loudly
December 29, 2018
Septennium – n. – a specified period of seven years
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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of December 16, 2018




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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of December 16, 2018

December 16, 2018
Animism – n. – attribution of a living soul to inanimate things
December 17, 2018
Paronym – n. – a word derived from another with related meaning
December 18, 2018
Loosey-goosey – adj. – relaxed and comfortable
December 19, 2018
Oleaginous – adj. – rich in, coverered with or producing oil
December 20, 2018
Typo – n. – a typographical error
December 21, 2018
Parol – adj. – given or expressed orally
December 22, 2018
Dialect – n. – a language variety peculiar to a specific population
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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of December 9, 2018




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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of December 9, 2018

December 9, 2018
Oceanid – n. – a sea nymph
December 10, 2018
Coterie – n. – a small group of people with shared interests
December 11, 2018
Emoji – n. – a small digital image or icon used to express and idea or emotion
December 12, 2018
Jeroboam – n. – a wine bottle four times the normal size
December 13, 2018
Vivarium – n. – a structure for keeping animals under seminatural conditions
December 14, 2018
Pendragon – n. – title for an ancient prince holding supreme power
December 15, 2018
kinesics – n. – the study of body movements as non-verbal communications
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Words Of The Day – For The Week Of December 2, 2018




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Words Of The Day – For The Week Of December 2, 2018

December 2, 2018
Deontic – adj. – relating to duty and obligation as ethical concepts
December 3, 2018
Lipogram – n. – writing in which a letter is systematically omitted
December 4, 2018
Bilbo – n. – a sword noted for it’s elastic blade
December 5, 2018
Recessionista – n. – a woman dressing fashionably on a budget
December 6, 2018
Odium – n. – widespread hatred or disgust for someone
December 7, 2018
Duodenary – n. – relating to or based on the number 12
December 8, 2018
Cosplay – n. – the practice of dressing up as a character
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Words Of The Day For The Week Of November 25, 2018




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Words Of The Day For The Week Of November 25, 2018

Jejune – adj. – naive, simplistic and superficial
November 25, 2018
Interfuse – v. – to join or mix together
November 26, 2018
Coxcomb – n. – a vain and conceited man
November 27, 2018
Vigneron – n. – a person who cultivates grapes for winemaking
November 28, 2018
Kaddish – n. – an ancient Jewish prayer sequence
November 29, 2018
Polymath – n. – a person of wide knowledge or learning
November 30, 2018
Ennui – n. – a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction
December 1, 2018
Adoral – adj. – relating to the side where the mouth is
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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of November 18, 2018




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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of November 18, 2018

November 18, 2018
Hacek – n. – a dicritic mark indicating modification of sound
November 19, 2018
Chef-d’oeuvre – n. – a masterpiece
November 20, 2018
Apathetic – adj. – showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm or concern
November 21, 2018
Grok – v. – to understand intuitively or by empathy
November 22, 2018
Brusque – adj. – abrupt or offhand in speech or manner
November 23, 2018
Dittohead – n. – an unquetioning supporter of an idea or opinion
November 24, 2018
Sacerdotal – adj. – relating to priests or the priesthood
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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of November 11, 2018