Category: Today’s Word

Definition: (noun) In Muslim legend, a spirit often capable of assuming human or animal form and exercising supernatural influence over people. Synonyms: genie, jinnee, jinni. …

noun: 1. A male domestic cat. 2. A womanizer. verb intr.: To pursue women promiscuously.

Definition: (adjective) Covered with hair; hairy. Synonyms: hairy. Usage: The hirsute man used to joke that he looked like a grizzly bear. Discuss

verb intr.: 1. To disgust or sicken. 2. To feel disgust or to flinch. noun: 1. Dislike or disgust. 2. A rascal; nuisance.

Definition: (noun) A person regarded as arrogant or conceited. Synonyms: egoist, egotist. Usage: He was dismissed by many as a swellhead, but his ridiculously high …

verb intr.: To search, rummage, dig up, etc.; verb tr.: To stuff or to intersperse with something.; noun: 1. Any of various edible fungi that …

Definition: (noun) A mixture of dissimilar ingredients; a jumble. Synonyms: patchwork, jumble. Usage: Paul's screenplay was a hodgepodge of comedy, drama, slapstick, and tragedy. Discuss

Definition: (noun) A cemetery, especially a large and elaborate one belonging to an ancient city. Synonyms: cemetery, burial ground, graveyard, memorial park. Usage: A guardian …

Definition: (noun) The supposed development of living organisms from nonliving matter. Synonyms: spontaneous generation, autogenesis, autogeny. Usage: Early notions of abiogenesis, now considered incorrect, held …

noun: One who employs deceptive or excessively subtle reasoning, especially on moral issues.

Definition: (noun) A person used by another as a dupe or tool. Synonyms: pawn, instrument. Usage: He was humiliated to learn that he had been …

noun: One who delays, waiting for a favorable time, or to avoid making a decision.

Definition: (noun) A person devoted to pleasure and luxury; a voluptuary. Synonyms: voluptuary. Usage: This official sybarite dressed, dined, and visited a dozen or fifteen …

Definition: (noun) A small natural hill. Synonyms: knoll, mound, hammock. Usage: Umbopa pointed out to us a slight and indistinct hillock on the flat surface …

noun: A boy or man who is an extremely enthusiastic follower of someone or something. verb intr.: To behave in an obsessive way about someone …

Definition: (noun) A tailor. Synonyms: sartor, tailor. Usage: We found a talented seamster who fixed the ill-fitting pants in an hour. Discuss

Definition: (adjective) (Of sleep) deep or unbroken. Synonyms: profound, sound, heavy. Usage: He fell into a deep, wakeless sleep. Discuss

Definition: (adjective) Conducive or favorable to health or well-being. Synonyms: healthy, good for you. Usage: She owned a cheerful vegetarian restaurant where she sold protein …

Definition: (noun) A trademark used for a warm outer jacket having close-fitting, often elastic, cuffs and waistband. Synonyms: anorak, parka, windcheater. Usage: George's windbreaker was …

adjective: 1. Having a wide scope. 2. As a whole. 3. Not captured. adverb: In a general manner.

Definition: (adjective) Marked by peace and prosperity. Synonyms: prosperous, golden. Usage: We spent a few halcyon years in New York before the stock market crashed. …

adjective: 1. Assumed; expected; inferred. 2. Giving a reasonable basis for belief.

Definition: (noun) A whirlpool of extraordinary size or violence. Synonyms: whirlpool, vortex. Usage: Suddenly going down in a maelstrom, within three rods of the planks, …

adjective: In abundance.

Definition: (adjective) Covered with warts or wartlike projections. Synonyms: wartlike, warty. Usage: The witch extended her verrucose arm and shook her gnarled finger in the …

adjective 1. Authentic; unadorned. 2. Refraining from the constant use of electronic communication and entertainment devices. 3. Relating to music performed with acoustic rather than …

Definition: (noun) A severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men. Synonyms: hemicrania, migraine, sick headache. Usage: Her megrims were severe, and …

adjective: 1. Embodied in flesh. 2. Personified. 3. Flesh-colored; blood red. verb tr.: 1. To give bodily form to. 2. To make real; to actualize. …

Definition: (noun) A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing …

Definition: (noun) A power tool used for sanding wood; a loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor. Synonyms: smoother. Usage: …

Definition: (noun) A fellow member of a fraternity or profession; a colleague. Synonyms: colleague, fellow. Usage: She was an intimidating presence in the boardroom, and …

noun: A promotional flier or a book extract packaged to showcase and promote a book.

Definition: (noun) A person who diagnoses, especially a physician specializing in medical diagnostics. Synonyms: pathologist. Usage: She was an excellent diagnostician and was immediately able …

noun: A role-playing game in which participants assume various characters and use costumes and props. verb intr.: 1. To play such a game. 2. To …

Definition: (noun) The condition of having a fever. Synonyms: feverishness, pyrexia. Usage: His febricity was an indication that his wound had become infected. Discuss

noun: Dangerous material, for example, something toxic, explosive, or inflammable. adjective: Relating to hazardous material.

Definition: (noun) Lavish quantities. Synonyms: oodles, dozens, gobs, heaps, loads, lots, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads, piles, mountain. Usage: Famished, the men ate …

noun: 1. Severe criticism. 2. Anti-aircraft fire.

Definition: (noun) A gathering, flowing, or meeting together at one juncture or point. Synonyms: meeting. Usage: He had long noted that the greatest disasters were …

noun: The introduction of new information to give a different interpretation of an established storyline. verb tr.: To revise a storyline in this manner.