Category: Today’s Word

adverb: 1. With suspicion or disapproval. 2. With a side glance.

Definition: (verb) Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. Synonyms: blabber, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, gabble, gibber, clack, maunder, chatter. Usage: The two teens …

adverb: In an awkward or ponderous manner.

Definition: (adjective) Capable of being corrupted. Synonyms: bribable, corruptible, venal, dishonest. Usage: If there is just one purchasable juror assigned to my case, I may …

adverb: Totally; absolutely; definitely.

Definition: (adjective) So unexpected as to have not been imagined. Synonyms: unthought-of. Usage: It seemed as if an invisible bond had burst, and that I …

adverb: Out of necessity.

Definition: (adjective) Free from physical or moral spots or stains. Synonyms: unmarred, unmutilated. Usage: His unblemished reputation as a man of honor and principle follows …

Definition: (adjective) Fanatically patriotic. Synonyms: jingoistic, ultranationalistic, chauvinistic. Usage: I will not be silenced by some flag-waving bully who cannot tolerate a little criticism of …

Definition: (adjective) Lean and sinewy. Synonyms: wiry. Usage: This other man was shorter of leg and longer of arm, with muscles that were stringy and …

noun: A person of outstanding ability or promise.

Definition: (verb) Make legal. Synonyms: legalize, legitimize. Usage: Politicians remain divided over whether or not to decriminalize marijuana use in the United States. Discuss

verb tr.: To divide and share. noun: Dividend; share. noun: A foolish person. adjective: Foolish.

Definition: (adjective) Lasting a very short time. Synonyms: ephemeral, fugacious, passing, transitory, transient. Usage: Any hope that the speech would end the war was short-lived, …

noun: 1. A commoner, one belonging to the working class. 2. An uncultured or unsophisticated person. 3. A person of low social status.

Definition: (adjective) Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power. Synonyms: autocratic, bossy, peremptory, magisterial, dominating. Usage: Mr. Smith's high-and-mighty demeanor made him very …

noun: Face; facial expression.

Definition: (verb) Infuse or fill completely. Synonyms: impregnate. Usage: This light, subdued and colored, seemed almost a radiation from the trunks themselves, so strongly did …

noun: One who advocates fundamental or far-reaching change or reform. adjective: Extraordinary; wonderful; fashionable; hip; cool.

Definition: (verb) (Informal) To beat soundly; strike hard. Synonyms: whack, wham, whop. Usage: The chef was so enraged that I feared she might wallop me …

Definition: (noun) Foolish or senseless behavior. Synonyms: lunacy, craziness, folly, indulgence. Usage: Having had enough of our tomfoolery, the teacher sternly warned us to settle …

Definition: (noun) One who claims to be able to foretell events or predict the future; a seer. Synonyms: forecaster, predictor, prognosticator. Usage: My mother does …

noun: An oily, hypocritical person.

Definition: (adjective) Capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature. Synonyms: changeable. Usage: The concierge warned me that the island's mutable …

verb intr.: To behave like a tyrant.

Definition: (adjective) Of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch. Synonyms: haptic, tactual. Usage: Hannah's velvet couch was such a tactile delight …

noun: One who willfully damages another’s property.

Definition: (adjective) Not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature. Synonyms: abstract, nonfigurative. Usage: The focal point of the living room was …

adjective: Strikingly handsome.

Definition: (noun) Poor handwriting. Synonyms: scrawl, scribble, scratch. Usage: The pharmacist struggled to decipher Dr. Clark's cacography on my prescription and eventually had to call …

Definition: (noun) Unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous Synonyms: fickleness, falseness. Usage: If he does not return, instead of accusing him of the …

Definition: (noun) Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome. Synonyms: hindrance, preventive, interference, hitch. Usage: I had regarded his presence as an encumbrance to the …

Definition: (adjective) Having concealed difficulty. Synonyms: tricky. Usage: Despite Ms. Brown's assurances to the contrary, her exam was surprisingly catchy, and many students received a …

noun: A huge or difficult task.

Definition: (verb) To behead. Synonyms: decapitate. Usage: King Louis XVI was decollated by means of a guillotine in 1793. Discuss

noun: The highest point of something: achievement, ambition, challenge, etc.

Definition: (adjective) Having lost freshness or brilliance of color. Synonyms: bleached, faded. Usage: Michael is finally buying new jeans to replace that torn, washed-out pair …

noun: A high court.

Definition: (noun) (Informal) A person who talks constantly, especially about trivial matters. Synonyms: babbler, prater, spouter, magpie. Usage: That abominable chatterbox, Evgenie Pavlovitch, monopolizes the …

verb tr.: To divide a region, group, etc., into small, often hostile, entities.