Category: Today’s Word

verb tr.: To cripple, disable, or to make ineffective. noun: The joint in the hind leg of a quadruped animal such as a horse, equivalent …

Definition: (noun) A state of commotion and noise and confusion. Synonyms: tumult, uproar. Usage: The crowd at the fair was noisy and rowdy, and in …

noun: 1. A blockhead: a dull or slow-witted person. 2. A loggerhead turtle.

Definition: (noun) The capacity or activity of a tutor; instruction or teaching. Synonyms: tuition. Usage: Michael's crowning achievement, under Daughtry's tutelage, in the first days …

Definition: (noun) A bitter, abusive denunciation. Synonyms: fulmination. Usage: Silverstein found vent in a diatribe against all prize-fighters and against Joe Fleming in particular. Discuss

Definition: (noun) A long chair; for reclining. Synonyms: daybed. Usage: The queen reclined on a gorgeous chaise while her servants fanned her with palm fronds. …

Definition: (noun) A stupid mistake. Synonyms: folly, imbecility, stupidity, foolishness. Usage: At the fundraising event, the master of ceremonies introduced the keynote speaker by the …

adjective: Before dawn.

Definition: (noun) A cruel and brutal fellow. Synonyms: yobo, bully, hooligan, rowdy, ruffian, yob, tough. Usage: The boys knew it was safer to avoid the …

adjective: Turning toward the sun or the light.

adjective: Full of twists and turns.

Definition: (adjective) Straightforward; not fanciful or imaginative. Synonyms: matter-of-fact. Usage: It is to be a cold, prosaic, matter-of-fact business proposition. Discuss

adjective: 1. Flashing like lightning. 2. Brilliant.

adjective: Nutritious; nourishing.

Definition: (adjective) Marked by care and persistent effort. Synonyms: sedulous. Usage: By such assiduous and persevering labor they made their way about four hundred and …

Definition: (noun) A photographer who operates a movie camera. Synonyms: cameraman. Usage: The cinematographer won an award for his lush landscape shots, which captured the …

Definition: (noun) A person regarded as mentally dull. Synonyms: dolt, pillock, poor fish, pudding head. Usage: David was always a quiet, orderly boy and for …

noun: 1. Prison. 2. Difficulty. 3. Entanglement.

Definition: (noun) A preparation, such as a shoe or stove polish, that is used to impart a black color. Synonyms: shoe polish. Usage: I let …

noun: 1. A circular prison with a watchtower in the center so that any inmate can be observed from a single point. 2. A place …

Definition: (noun) A dealer in men's furnishings. Synonyms: clothier. Usage: The young boy excitedly entered the haberdasher's shop, ready to purchase his first suit. Discuss

noun: A prison.

noun: 1. The system of forced labor camps in the former Soviet Union. 2. Any prison or forced labor camp, especially one for political prisoners. …

Definition: (noun) One whose interests center on the home. Synonyms: stay-at-home. Usage: He was not merely a homebody, but a true agoraphobic who lived in …

noun: A prison.

Definition: (adjective) Working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner. Synonyms: pernicious, subtle. Usage: He appeared to be recovering, but the insidious disease …

Definition: (adjective) Of, relating to, or resembling rock, especially in hardness; stony. Synonyms: stonelike. Usage: The veterinarian removed several rounded, petrous objects from the animal's …

noun: An important person or entity.

Definition: (noun) The successful establishment of a plant or animal species in a habitat. Synonyms: establishment. Usage: The ecologists were especially interested in ensuring the …

noun: 1. Any of various small slender carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela. 2. A sneaky, cunning person. verb intr.: 1. To evade an obligation. …

Definition: (verb) To conciliate (an offended power). Synonyms: appease. Usage: After his grave sin, he tried to propitiate the gods with a sacrifice. Discuss

adjective: 1. Slow. 2. Arched. 3. Old.

Definition: (noun) A supplier of victuals or supplies to an army. Synonyms: provisioner, victualler. Usage: The sutler loaded his mule with provisions and followed the …

noun: One who is enthusiastic and hard-working, sometimes to the point of being overzealous.

Definition: (noun) A short stout club used primarily by policemen. Synonyms: truncheon, billy, billy club, billystick, baton. Usage: The policeman ordered the loiterers to disperse, …

adjective: 1. Contemptible. 2. Treacherous. 3. Like a reptile.

Definition: (noun) A buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch. Synonyms: flying buttress. Usage: The architect favors …

Definition: (noun) A fence made of upright pickets. Synonyms: picket fence. Usage: Between it and Judge Driscoll's house there was only a grassy yard, with …

Definition: (verb) To give over to the care of another; entrust. Synonyms: charge. Usage: She consigned her daughters to the care of their aunt and …

adjective: The basic, plain, or bland.