Category: Today’s Word

adjective: Relating to a conditioned or predictable response; automatic; involuntary.

Definition: (noun) Lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life. Synonyms: neediness, want. Usage: They endured years of privation during the war and were …

noun: A woman of stately bearing and beauty.

Definition: (noun) The trait of spending extravagantly. Synonyms: profligacy, extravagance. Usage: She spent her first half-year's dividend from the Venice Hotel Company, with characteristic prodigality, …

adjective: 1. Relating to Homer, his works, or his time. 2. Epic; large-scale; heroic.

Definition: (noun) An improvised substitute for something lacking; a temporary expedient. Synonyms: make-do, makeshift. Usage: This is not an acceptable long term solution, just a …

noun: A meek and patient woman.

Definition: (verb) To be greater than something else, as in power, force, quantity, or importance; predominate. Synonyms: overbalance, outweigh. Usage: In balancing his faults with …

adjective: Relating to a dystopian world, especially one characterized by social and environmental degradation, assisted by technology.

Definition: (noun) Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes. Synonyms: scrub, bush. Usage: Only the canyons were wooded, while the higher and more distant …

Definition: (verb) Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary. Synonyms: abut, edge, border, march. Usage: Canada adjoins the United States. Discuss

Definition: (noun) Worthless, false, or ridiculous speech or writing; nonsense. Synonyms: bunkum, guff, rot. Usage: The entire article is hogwash, and I demand that you …

adverb: Mounted with a leg on each side. noun: A hobby horse.

Definition: (adjective) Serving as an introduction or preface. Synonyms: introductory. Usage: Without wasting a moment in prefatory words of any sort, I entered on my …

adjective: Having quality of chivalry, such as courtesy, honor, bravery, gallantry, etc.

Definition: (noun) An ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty. Synonyms: crown. Usage: Standing upright within the chariot was a beautiful girl clothed in flowing robes of …

noun: The original or authentic source of some information.

Definition: (verb) Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid. Synonyms: deluge, flood, swamp. Usage: If we inundate the senator's office with letters of protest, …

adjective: 1. Giving inspiration. 2. Relating to horses.

Definition: (adjective) Showing curiosity. Synonyms: inquisitive, wondering, questioning. Usage: He raised a speculative eyebrow but said nothing about her earlier absence, suspecting that she would …

noun: 1. Someone responsible and diligent, especially one who bears the biggest share of burden in a group. 2. A horse harnessed closest to the …

Definition: (verb) Reflect deeply on a subject. Synonyms: meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, chew over, think over, excogitate, speculate, contemplate. Usage: When Prince Bladud had …

Definition: (noun) Calling up a spirit or devil. Synonyms: invocation. Usage: The mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit, but, by some irregularity …

Definition: (adjective) Having the sticky properties of an adhesive. Synonyms: gluey, glutinous, gummy, sticky, viscous, pasty. Usage: I attempted to recreate the delectable-looking homemade marshmallows …

adjective: Equal in power, force, effect, etc.

Definition: (noun) Any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever. Synonyms: antipyretic. Usage: The doctor gave me a febrifuge to take if …

verb tr.: To drive out something or someone undesirable, such as an evil spirit, malign influence, troubling feeling, etc.

Definition: (adjective) Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy, especially of a king to his subjects. Synonyms: gracious. Usage: Through just and even-handed governance, the benignant …

noun: One who makes a settlement of property.

Definition: (noun) The act of going or coming in; an entering. Synonyms: incoming, entrance. Usage: From the time elapsing between the ingress of the beast …

noun: The systematic arrangement of parts in art, literature, architecture, etc.

Definition: (noun) Inactivity resulting from a dislike of work. Synonyms: laziness. Usage: She had set out at an early hour, but had lingered on the …

verb tr., intr.: To attach or become attached.

Definition: (adjective) Brave; courageous. Synonyms: stalwart. Usage: Undaunted by the storm, the stouthearted park ranger proceeded with his search for the missing hiker. Discuss

Definition: (adjective) Causing irritation or annoyance. Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, pesky, pestering, vexatious, plaguy, teasing, pestiferous. Usage: As punishment, I was given the nettlesome …

verb tr., intr.: 1. To administer a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease. 2. To immunize against something.

Definition: (verb) Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking. Synonyms: divagate, …

noun: A person from whom a disease or something undesirable spreads.

Definition: (noun) Coin money, as distinguished from bullion or paper money. Synonyms: coinage, metal money, mintage. Usage: The king then descended and went himself to …

adjective: Not showing any symptoms of disease.