Word of the Day: Phlegmatic Phlegmatic (adjective) fleg-MAT-ik Definition 1 : resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm 2 : having or showing a slow and stolid temperament Definition from Dictionary.com 1. not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish. 2. self-possessed, calm, or composed. 3. of the nature of or abounding in the…
Word of the Day: Scion Scion (noun) SYE-un Definition 1 : a detached living portion of a plant (as a bud or shoot) joined to a stock in grafting and usually supplying solely aerial parts to a graft 2 : descendant, child; especially : a descendant of a wealthy, aristocratic, or influential family 3 :…
Word of the Day: Roister Roister (verb) ROY-ster Definition : to engage in noisy revelry : carouse Examples Hugh didn’t get much sleep last night because his neighbors were roistering until the wee hours of the morning. “North Highlands, apparently, is also what they call a part of Scotland where the prince’s grandmum (the Queen…
Word of the Day: Odious Odious (adjective) OH-dee-us Definition : arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful Examples Volunteers gathered on Saturday morning to scrub away the odious graffiti spray-painted on the school. “I can’t help being reminded of the progress we’ve made as a nation, as well as the odious past of slavery, the…
Word of the Day: Truncate Truncate (verb) TRUNG-kayt Definition : to shorten by or as if by cutting off Examples “Apparently, a federal law … requires printed credit card receipts truncate not only the credit card number, but also the expiration date.” — Jack Greiner, The Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2016 “Google’s own URL shortener…
Word of the Day: Macadam Macadamnoun — muh-KAD-um Definition : a roadway or pavement of small closely packed broken stone Examples The sloping, curved street saw light traffic and had a smooth macadam surface that made it popular with skateboarders. “Littered on the beach are nearly a dozen big slabs of macadam and even larger chunks of concrete…
Word of the Day: Vulnerary Vulnerary adjective VUL-nuh-rair-ee Definition : used for or useful in healing wounds Examples “Rebecca examined the wound, and having applied to it such vulneraryremedies as her art prescribed, informed her father that if fever could be averted … there was nothing to fear for his guest’s life, and that he…
Word of the Day: Invective Invenctive noun | in-VEK-tiv Definition 1 : an abusive expression or speech 2 : insulting or abusive language : vituperation Examples “The ongoing collapse of responsible broadcast and cable journalism and the explosive role that social media has assumed in this campaign have made for a nasty brew of invective,…
Word of the Day: Banausic Banausic | adjective | buh-NAW-sik Definition : relating to or concerned with earning a living — used pejoratively; also : utilitarian,practical Examples “At the far end was a wooden board on which were hung saws, chisels, knives and other banausic instruments of the trade.” — Sebastian Faulk, Human Traces, 2005 “That story is…
Word of the Day: Guerdon Guerdon noun : GUR-dun Definition : reward, recompense Examples “The big hurdle … was early promotion to captain. … This early promotion, this small dry irrevocable statistic in the record, was his guerdon for a quarter of a century of getting things done.” — Herman Wouk, The Winds of War, 1971…
