evince
Definition: (verb) To show or demonstrate clearly; manifest. Synonyms: express, show. Usage: The baby couldn't tell us she disliked the cereal, but she evinced her …
Category: Today’s Word
Today’s Word
astern
adverb, adjective: 1. At the rear of a ship or another vessel. 2. In a reverse direction. 3. Backward.
guile
Definition: (noun) Treacherous cunning; skillful deceit. Synonyms: craftiness, foxiness, slyness, wiliness, cunning. Usage: Her mild eyes seemed incapable of any severity or guile, and yet …
memoriter
adverb: By memory; by heart. adjective: Involving memorization.
abdicate
Definition: (verb) To relinquish (power or responsibility) formally. Synonyms: renounce. Usage: The King abdicated the throne when he married a divorcee. Discuss
cannoneer
Definition: (noun) A serviceman in the artillery. Synonyms: gunner, artilleryman. Usage: You were a cannoneer that day there, and you were among the first to …
philistine
Definition: (noun) A smug, ignorant, especially middle-class person who is regarded as being indifferent or antagonistic to artistic and cultural values. Synonyms: anti-intellectual. Usage: He …
virescent
adjective: 1. Greenish. 2. Turning green.
teem
Definition: (verb) To be full of things; abound or swarm. Synonyms: pullulate, swarm. Usage: The street teemed with hundreds of policemen who questioned every potential …
apex
Definition: (noun) The highest point. Synonyms: acme, vertex, peak. Usage: Though he was afraid of heights, he forced himself to climb to the roof's apex …
stramineous
adjective: 1. Straw-colored. 2. Of or relating to straw. 3. Like straw: Valueless.
salient
Definition: (adjective) Strikingly conspicuous. Synonyms: prominent, outstanding, striking, spectacular. Usage: I took in much of this in the few seconds during which we stood facing …
argent
adjective: Of the color silver or white.
aeneous
adjective: Bronze- or brass-colored.
milium
Definition: (noun) A small, white or yellowish cystlike mass just below the surface of the skin, caused by retention of the secretion of a sebaceous …
firedrake
Definition: (noun) A fire-breathing dragon of Germanic mythology. Synonyms: dragon. Usage: Unlike other firedrakes, the dragon in this story liked to recite poetry and was …
arboretum
Definition: (noun) A place where an extensive variety of woody plants are cultivated for scientific, educational, and ornamental purposes. Synonyms: botanical garden. Usage: The botany …
nosography
noun: The systematic description of diseases.
shogunate
Definition: (noun) A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.). Synonyms: …
ribald
adjective: Relating to coarse humor of sexual nature. noun: A person who uses such language or humor.
hostelry
Definition: (noun) A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers. Synonyms: auberge, inn, lodge. Usage: Three large rooms were assigned to them in the monastery hostelry. …
lipography
noun: The omission of a letter or syllable in writing.
beatitude
Definition: (noun) Supreme blessedness or happiness. Synonyms: blessedness, beatification. Usage: You have it in your power to raise two human beings from a state of …
legation
noun: 1. A diplomatic mission ranking below an embassy. 2. The premises of such a mission. 3. The diplomat and staff of such a mission.
mickle
Definition: (noun) A large number or amount or extent. Synonyms: hatful, lot, mint, muckle, peck, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, stack, raft, pile, plenty, mass, …
armipotent
adjective: Strong in war, battle, contest, etc.
diluent
Definition: (noun) An inert substance used to dilute. Synonyms: dilutant. Usage: The artist thinned the paint to a pale yellow using a diluent and a …
sawhorse
Definition: (noun) A frame with legs, used to support pieces of wood being sawed. Synonyms: buck, horse, sawbuck. Usage: While thus engaged they came to …
nosebag
Definition: (noun) A canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse). Synonyms: feedbag. Usage: The stableboy replaced the horse's nosebag, …
lave
noun: Residue or remainder. verb tr.: 1. To wash or bathe. 2. To flow. 3. To pour.
didactic
Definition: (adjective) Intended to instruct. Synonyms: didactical. Usage: "The principal difficulty in your case," remarked Holmes, in his didactic fashion, "lay in the fact of …
endothermic
Definition: (adjective) Characterized by or causing the absorption of heat; endoergic. Synonyms: heat-absorbing, endothermal. Usage: Endothermic reactions are often described as reactions that "feel cold," …
dingbat
noun: 1. An eccentric or crazy person. 2. An ornamental typographical symbol, such as ?, ?, ?, ?. 3. An object, such as a brick, …
inalienable
Definition: (adjective) That cannot be transferred to another or others. Synonyms: unforfeitable. Usage: When he decided to fight for his inalienable rights, he did not …
dickey
noun: 1. A detachable shirtfront, collar, bib, etc. 2. A small bird. 3. A donkey. 4. The driver’s seat or rear seat in a carriage. …
coagulate
Definition: (verb) To cause transformation of (a liquid or sol, for example) into or as if into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass. Synonyms: clot. …
valance
Definition: (noun) An ornamental drapery hung across a top edge, as of a bed, table, or canopy. Synonyms: cornice, pelmet, valance board. Usage: Large valances …
miscreant
Definition: (noun) A person without moral scruples. Synonyms: reprobate. Usage: And here, gentlemen, the foul play of these miscreants must come out. Discuss
buffoonery
Definition: (noun) Acting like a clown or buffoon. Synonyms: clowning, harlequinade, prank, frivolity. Usage: Mrs. Williams had little patience for the class clown's buffoonery, and …
toco
noun: Chastisement; punishment; beatings.