Category: Today’s Word

Definition: (adjective) Not disconcerted or embarrassed; poised Synonyms: unembarrassed. Usage: And on this evening success stood at his back, patting him on the shoulder and …

Definition: (noun) Fearless daring; intrepidity. Synonyms: temerity. Usage: Skill, coolness, audacity, and cunning he possessed in a superior degree, and it must be a cunning …

Definition: (noun) The most condensed and constricted region of a chromosome, to which the spindle fiber is attached during mitosis. Synonyms: kinetochore. Usage: Down syndrome, …

noun: 1. The act of making miserable or the state of being made miserable. 2. Impoverishment.

Definition: (adjective) Planning prudently for the future. Synonyms: foresighted, long, longsighted, prospicient. Usage: The presidential candidate spoke about his farsighted policies that would stabilize the …

noun: 1. A catchy song or tune that keeps involuntarily repeating in one’s mind. 2. An agricultural pest commonly known as corn earworm, of the …

Definition: (adjective) Of a material nature; tangible. Synonyms: material. Usage: That which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible. Discuss

Definition: (adjective) Immoderately desirous of wealth or gain. Synonyms: covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile. Usage: The avaricious man prayed to have a room full of …

noun: 1. A short watch, especially one of the two two-hour watch duties on a ship. 2. A night shift, especially the last one.

Definition: (adjective) Having or marked by imposing physical strength. Synonyms: hardy, sturdy, stout. Usage: Athos sprang into the boat, which was immediately pushed off and …

noun: Power politics: policies that advocate the use of power and physical force to attain their goals.

Definition: (adjective) Tending to talk excessively. Synonyms: chatty, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, talky. Usage: Mary's gabby friends kept her apprised of all the neighborhood gossip. Discuss

Definition: (adjective) Feigning piety or righteousness. Synonyms: holier-than-thou, pharisaic, pietistic, self-righteous. Usage: With a sickeningly sanctimonious smile and a tap of the fork on her …

Definition: (noun) The quality or condition of being scanty or meager. Synonyms: leanness, meagerness, poorness, scantiness. Usage: With an exiguity of cloth that would allow …

interjection: An expression of surprise, dismay, etc.

Definition: (adjective) Having a magical quality or charm; fairylike. Synonyms: fey. Usage: The ballerina moved across the dimly lit stage with elfin grace. Discuss

noun: Hell.

Definition: (noun) A nearby, surrounding, or adjoining region. Synonyms: locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood. Usage: The plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville, and …

interjection: Used to express surprise, anger, irritation, annoyance, etc. noun: Damnation; hell. adjective: Damned. adverb: Damnably.

Definition: (adjective) Strikingly appropriate and relevant. Synonyms: apt, pertinent. Usage: The governor approached the warriors humbly and proclaimed their heroism loudly, flattering them with his …

interjection: An expression of surprise, dismay, annoyance, etc.

Definition: (adjective) Resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought. Synonyms: enigmatic. Usage: As the teacher read aloud, enchanted by the oracular sayings of Victorian poets, …

adjective: 1. Marked by wonder, surprise, enthusiasm, etc. 2. New; impressive; exciting. interjection: Expressing surprise, dismay, enthusiasm, annoyance, etc.

Definition: (adjective) Willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest. Synonyms: biddable. Usage: She was too acquiescent to challenge authority and …

Definition: (adjective) Incapable of erring. Synonyms: infallible. Usage: Many traditional theologians insist that biblical texts are the literal Word of God and as such are …

Definition: (adjective) Lacking grace or ease of movement or form. Synonyms: clumsy, clunky, gawky, unwieldy. Usage: He was a gawky lad with long ungainly legs, …

adjective: Having distinctive features or qualities.

Definition: (adjective) Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. Synonyms: menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, forbidding. Usage: He sprang on the horse of a …

noun: Care or concern. verb tr., intr.: To care or concern.

Definition: (adjective) Incapable of being expressed. Synonyms: indescribable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable, indefinable. Usage: There was an expression of ineffable sadness on her face as she …

noun: 1. Compassion. 2. Contrition.

Definition: (adjective) Serving to set in motion. Synonyms: initiative, initiatory, maiden, first. Usage: The magazine's inaugural issue sold out in a matter of days, prompting …

adjective: 1. Competent; skillful. 2. Effective; appropriate.

Definition: (noun) Powerful and effective language. Synonyms: fluency, smoothness. Usage: The preacher's eloquence attracted a large congregation. Discuss

adjective: Contented; happy.

Definition: (noun) Something that issues from a source. Synonyms: emission. Usage: The sulphuretted hydrogen emanations, which Captain Burton mentions, could be distinctly smelt. Discuss

Definition: (verb) Furnish with a preface or introduction. Synonyms: preface, premise, introduce. Usage: She always precedes her lectures with a joke. Discuss

Definition: (adjective) Lively and playful; frisky. Synonyms: frolicky, frolicsome, rollicking, sportive. Usage: The substitute teacher found himself entirely overwhelmed by the energetic seventh-graders, whose coltish …

noun: Unreasonable faith; blind faith.

Definition: (adjective) Open or liable to objection or debate; debatable. Synonyms: objectionable. Usage: We can't have perfection; and if I keep him, I must sustain …