Word of the Day Archive for October 2009

miscreant - holding a false religious faith; heretical; depraved
turgid - swollen; bloated; inflated
surreptitious - obtained, done or made by stealth; clandestine
extraneous - coming from the outside; introduced from an outside source
exigent - requiring immediate aid or action; urgent; pressing
verdant - covered with green vegetation or growth
laudable - worthy of praise; praiseworthy; commendable
jejune - lacking significance or uninteresting; dull; meager; dry
vapid - lacking liveliness, spirit; or interest; dull
repletion - the state of being completely filled; superabundant fullness
elucidate - to make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible
indomitable - impossible to subdue; unconquerable
mendacious - given to deception or falsehood; lying; false; untrue
succor - help or assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress
obviate - to anticipate; to prevent by interception; to avoid or make unnecessary
palliate - to reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate
wraith - an apparition of a living person seen before death
garrulous - talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative
polyglot - containing or made up of several languages
avarice - an excessive desire of gain; greediness after wealth
uncouth - lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; strange; awkward
lassitude - lack of vitality or energy; weariness; languor
raconteur - a person skilled in telling stories and anecdotes
lascivious - lewd; lustful; as lascivious desires
consternation - fear resulting from the awareness of danger
capitulate - to surrender under agreed upon conditions
grandiloquent - speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic
maudlin - easily moved to tears; excessively sentimental
didactic - instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays
trenchant - characterized by or full of force and vigor
evince - to show in a clear manner; manifest