Category: Today’s Word

adjective: Divided in two; two-pronged.

Definition: (noun) An especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding). Synonyms: fireball. Usage: Nancy stared in awe through her telescope as a bolide rocketed into her view, …

adjective: Playfully impudent or mischievous.

Definition: (adjective) Feeling or showing extreme anger. Synonyms: irate. Usage: The ireful, angry chief was not so easily mollified. Discuss

adjective: Rice-eating.

Definition: (noun) A worsening of business or economic activity. Synonyms: downturn. Usage: Panicked investors scrambled to secure their assets as the market took a severe …

noun: Boasting or boastfulness.

Definition: (noun) Seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the balconies). Synonyms: parquet circle. Usage: They found the whole of the audience in …

Definition: (adjective) Relating to or associated with heat. Synonyms: caloric. Usage: The scientists had not anticipated such extreme thermal conditions and were forced to delay …

Definition: (verb) Find repugnant. Synonyms: abhor, abominate, loathe. Usage: I was raised to execrate all those whose skin color differs from mine, but I have …

noun: Liveliness and ease of conversation.

Definition: (noun) An object of dread or apprehension. Synonyms: hobgoblin. Usage: What have I done to be made a bugbear of, and to be shunned …

noun: Skill in using or coining words.

Definition: (verb) Emit long loud cries. Synonyms: howl, wail, yaup, yawl, roar. Usage: The mourners began to ululate loudly, shattering the meditative silence of the …

verb tr.: To enclose in complete armor.

Definition: (adjective) Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion. Synonyms: candid, forthright, frank, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder, outspoken, plainspoken, blunt. Usage: They appeared …

adjective: Having a row of oblique notches.

Definition: (noun) Payment of a debt or obligation. Synonyms: repayment. Usage: I should have flung at him a quittance for my foolish stepfather's debts, and …

noun: A lecture of a moralizing or admonishing nature, usually tedious and trite.

Definition: (noun) The skill, practice, and sport of fighting with the fists. Synonyms: boxing, fisticuffs. Usage: My mother thinks pugilism is barbaric, but I reserve …

Definition: (adjective) Of or relating to an organism that regulates its body temperature largely by exchanging heat with its surroundings; cold-blooded. Synonyms: heterothermic, poikilothermic. Usage: …

Definition: (noun) Extreme excess. Synonyms: overplus, plethora, embarrassment. Usage: He will look at the city which is within him, and take heed that no disorder …

noun: A giant; a person or organization of enormous size or power.

Definition: (noun) Blatant or sensational promotion. Synonyms: hoopla, hype, plug. Usage: The ballyhoo that accompanied Kyle's campaign for student council was ultimately unnecessary, as no …

noun: A penitent woman, particularly a reformed prostitute.

Definition: (adjective) Marked by breadth or tolerance of views; broad-minded. Synonyms: liberal, tolerant. Usage: My plan must have seemed very foolish to her, but she …

noun: One who destroys; another name for the Devil.

Definition: (noun) A traveler going on a trip. Synonyms: journeyer. Usage: A little way past the inn we came upon a notice-board whereon the lord …

noun: Sleep.

Definition: (adjective) Having plenty of money. Synonyms: prosperous, well-off, well-to-do, comfortable, easy. Usage: The price tag is out of reach of all but the most …

noun: A messenger who does not arrive or return in time.

Definition: (noun) Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation. Synonyms: sea rover, …

Definition: (adjective) Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste. Synonyms: delectable, scrumptious, yummy, delicious, luscious. Usage: I cannot get enough of your toothsome honey-sweetened gingerbread! …

Definition: (adjective) Steadfast; resolute. Synonyms: resolved. Usage: He was single-minded in his determination to stop smoking. Discuss

adjective: Glassy or transparent.

Definition: (noun) Boastful or bombastic talk or behavior. Synonyms: brag, gasconade. Usage: Captain Bonneville purchased a supply of buffalo meat from his braggadocio friends; who, …

noun: A hobgoblin, scarecrow, or a person of frightening appearance.

Definition: (noun) Noisy quarrel. Synonyms: affray, altercation. Usage: A loud and violent fracas took place between the infantry Colonel and his lady, who were dining …

noun: Pleasure; ecstasy.

Definition: (adjective) Highly educated; having extensive information or understanding. Synonyms: knowledgeable, well-read, learned. Usage: They are few in number, but it is a choice audience, …