profusion
noun: 1. Extravagance. 2. A large quantity or abundance.
Category: Today’s Word
Today’s Word
lordosis
Definition: (noun) An abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column. Synonyms: hollow-back. Usage: Ethan's lordosis made it difficult for him to maintain an erect …
perfusion
noun: 1. The spreading of a liquid, color, light, aroma, etc. 2. The passage of a fluid through an organ or tissue, for example, to …
discourtesy
Definition: (noun) A lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others. Synonyms: offense. Usage: Over-much civility is sometimes …
porose
adjective: Having pores.
inestimable
Definition: (adjective) Beyond calculation or measure. Synonyms: incomputable, immeasurable. Usage: Human life is of inestimable value.
morose
adjective: Gloomy, sullen, or sour-tempered.
charger
Definition: (noun) A horse trained for battle; a cavalry horse. Synonyms: courser. Usage: The knight mounted his charger and rode to meet his countrymen at …
incubous
adjective: Arranged so that each part overlaps the one above it (the reverse of how roof shingles are laid).
backer
Definition: (noun) A person who gives financial or other support. Synonyms: angel. Usage: After the backers withdrew their support, the director was forced to cancel …
extenuation
Definition: (noun) To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious. Synonyms: mitigation, palliation. Usage: Forgive me, and let …
unexceptionable
Definition: (adjective) Beyond any reasonable objection; irreproachable. Synonyms: unimpeachable. Usage: No person need think of applying for this situation unless he could furnish the most …
incubus
noun: 1. An oppressive burden. 2. A nightmare. 3. A male demon believed to have sex with sleeping women.
confederate
Definition: (noun) A person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan). Synonyms: accomplice. Usage: What he felt …
fallow
adjective: 1. Inactive or unproductive. 2. (Of land) left to lie idle for a season, sometimes after plowing. noun: 1. Land left to lie idle …
epitomize
Definition: (verb) Embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of. Synonyms: typify. Usage: They are so perfect in their way that they …
inextirpable
Definition: (adjective) Difficult or impossible to eradicate or destroy. Synonyms: inexterminable. Usage: Some weeds seem inextirpable, but they all have at least one weakness that …
pertinacious
Definition: (adjective) Stubbornly unyielding. Synonyms: dogged, dour, tenacious, persistent. Usage: When he made up his little mind to have or to do anything, all the …
mucid
adjective: 1. Moldy, musty, or slimy. 2. Rotten; really bad.
sidestep
Definition: (verb) Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues). Synonyms: evade, hedge, skirt, parry, fudge, circumvent, dodge, elude, duck, …
transversal
Definition: (adjective) Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis. Synonyms: cross, thwartwise. Usage: The transversal beams of …
nickel-and-dime
Definition: (adjective) Of minor importance. Synonyms: small-time. Usage: He ran his nickel-and-dime operation out of the back of a pickup truck and dreamed of the …
autogamous
adjective: Self-fertilizing.
solitudinarian
Definition: (noun) One leading a solitary or secluded life. Synonyms: recluse, troglodyte, hermit. Usage: Peter, a self-proclaimed solitudinarian, lives in a cabin deep in the …
cockalane
noun: 1. An incoherent or rambling story. 2. A satire or lampoon.
clothier
Definition: (noun) A merchant who sells men's clothing. Synonyms: haberdasher. Usage: It was for the next generation to patronize clothiers who kept each suit on …
sexpartite
adjective: 1. Divided into six parts. 2. Having six participants.
roughage
Definition: (noun) Coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis. Synonyms: fiber. Usage: Fruits and vegetables should be eaten every day …
fucate
adjective: 1. Artificially colored. 2. Counterfeit; disguised; falsified.
unfrequented
Definition: (adjective) Devoid of creatures. Synonyms: lonely, solitary. Usage: The reference library is quite unfrequented as a rule, and the silence there is so intense …
invaginate
verb tr.: 1. To enclose or to put into a sheath. 2. To fold inward so an outer surface becomes an inner surface, forming a …
insomniac
Definition: (adjective) Experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness. Synonyms: sleepless, watchful. Usage: Every night, I'm woken by the sound of creaking floorboards as my insomniac husband …
sacristy
Definition: (noun) A room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held. Synonyms: vestry. Usage: We were admitted to …
has-been
Definition: (noun) Someone who is no longer popular. Synonyms: back-number. Usage: There is a fine line between pop star and washed-up has-been, and the poor …
sandbag
noun: A bag filled with sand. verb tr.: 1. To fortify a position. 2. To thwart. 3. To coerce. 4. To treat unfairly or harshly. …
contravene
Definition: (verb) To act or be counter to; violate. Synonyms: infringe, run afoul, conflict. Usage: This deportation order contravenes basic human rights and must be …
gundeck
noun: The deck carrying guns on a warship. verb tr.: To falsify or fabricate.
tyrannical
Definition: (adjective) Marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior. Synonyms: oppressive. Usage: He was neither wrathful, cruel, nor tyrannical, but just and gentle as a …
deadname
noun: The former name of a person. verb tr.: To call someone using their former name.
kowtow
Definition: (verb) Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering. Synonyms: bootlick, toady, truckle, fawn, suck up. Usage: Josh was next in line for a …