Word of the Day Archive for April 2010

unconscionable - lacking conscience
monomania - obsessive zeal for a single subject
tchotchke - a trinket or knicknack
mores - customs; habits; beliefs
quietus - final discharge, as from debt or obligation
gravid - being with child; pregnant
penury - extreme poverty; destitution
gourmand - a person who eats to excess
eremite - a recluse, especially a religious recluse; hermit
mellifluous - flowing sweetly or smoothly
deracinate - to pull up by the roots
presentiment - a premonition or foreboding
melee - a confused conflict; turmoil
incongruous - lacking in harmony or compatibility
rebarbative - tending to repel or irritate
rivulet - a small stream or brook
urbane - polite; refined; elegant
piebald - mottled; mixed
visceral - obtained through instinct rather than intellect
militate - to have force or influence
repast - a meal; a refreshment
roister - to revel; to be bold or noisy
sentient - characterized by sensation and feeling
felicitous - happily applied or expressed; appropriate
providential - as if by divine intervention
fop - a man who is overly concerned with his appearance
delectation - great pleasure; delight
moiety - one of two equal parts; a half
virago - a noisy or scolding or domineering woman
aberrant - markedly different from an accepted norm; abnormal