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WORD OF THE DAY DETAILS

# Title Description Date
1 Peevish Easily irritated, particularly by unimportant things. “He was peevish around smokers.” 02-Feb-2018
2 Congruent In agreement or harmony. Suitable; appropriate. “The company’s operations were congruent with its business plan.” 01-Feb-2018
3 Churlish Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way. “It was rather churlish of him to complain about the small donations.” 31-Jan-2018
4 Empathy The action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another. “Her doctor was empathetic to her condition.” 30-Jan-2018
5 Efficacy The ability to produce a desired or intended result. “The efficacy of the new marketing plan has not been proven.” 29-Jan-2018
6 Amorphous Without a clearly defined shape or form. Vague; ill-organized; unclassifiable. “The amorphous package caused alarm to many people in the terminal.” 27-Jan-2018
7 Gourmand A person who enjoys eating and often eats too much; gluttonous. A connoisseur of good food. “The traveling gourmand seldom passed up a restaurant.” 25-Jan-2018
8 Melancholy A deep, pensive, and long-lasting sadness. adj. Sad, gloomy, or depressed. “She was in a melancholy mood.” 24-Jan-2018
9 Disparate Essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison. markedly distinct in quality or character. “He is a strong leader capable of managing a disparate team to achieve their goals.” 23-Jan-2018
10 Demonstrative Tending to show feelings, especially the open expression of emotion. “A demonstrative argument.” 22-Jan-2018
11 Accolade An expression of praise or admiration. An award or privilege granted; an acknowledgment of merit. “The scientist was given many accolades for his research.” 20-Jan-2018
12 Impish Mischievous. Inclined to do slightly naughty things for fun. “He approached her with an impish grin on his face.” 19-Jan-2018
13 Benign Mild or favorable (result). Gentle, kind, good. “The results were benign and required no treatment.” 18-Jan-2018
14 paralipsis the suggestion, by deliberately concise treatment of a topic, that much of significance is being omitted, as in “not to mention other faults.” 17-Jan-2018
15 Patronize Treat with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority. “She detests being patronized.” Frequent an establishment as a customer. “He always patronizes the same restaurant.” 16-Jan-2018
16 pseud a person of fatuously earnest intellectual, artistic, or social pretensions 15-Jan-2018
17 Ardent Enthusiastic or passionate. “He is an ardent sports fan.” 13-Jan-2018
18 Servile Having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others. “She wrote a servile letter to her upset neighbor.” 12-Jan-2018
19 Phalanx A group of people or things of a similar type forming a compact body or brought together for a common purpose. “A phalanx of lawyers took charge of the case.” 11-Jan-2018
20 Discern Perceive or recognize (something). Distinguish (someone or something) with difficulty by sight or with the other senses. “Discern who is telling the truth.” 10-Jan-2018
21 swanky very fashionable and expensive "a swanky club/hotel/restaurant" 09-Jan-2018
22 Canonize Regard as being above reproach or of great significance. “He canonized women.” 08-Jan-2018
23 Equivocal Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous. Uncertain or questionable in nature. “Congress was equivocal on its domestic spending package.” 06-Jan-2018
24 Audacious Showing a willingness to take risks. “An audacious attack on the company.” Showing an impudent lack of respect. “An audacious move.” 05-Jan-2018
25 Obdurate Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action. “Despite her plea, he remained obdurate.” 04-Jan-2018
26 Sapid Having a strong, pleasant taste; palatable. “The wine tasting was a most sapid event.” (of talk or writing) Pleasant or interesting. 03-Jan-2018
27 Malodorous Smelling very unpleasant; an offensive odor. “A malodorous side of town.” 02-Jan-2018
28 Missive A written message; a letter. “He received a missive from his company manager.” 30-Dec-2017
29 Portent A sign or warning that something significant is likely to happen. “an occurrence of crucial portent.” 29-Dec-2017
30 Virulent Extremely severe or harmful in its effects. Bitterly hostile or antagonistic; hateful. “Virulent criticism.” 28-Dec-2017
31 Prescient Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place; foresight. “You should be prescient about choosing your employer.” 27-Dec-2017
32 Affinity A spontaneous or natural liking or sympathy for someone or something. “He has an affinity for science fiction movies.” 26-Dec-2017
33 Timorous Showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence: “A timorous demeanor.” 25-Dec-2017
34 Surreal Having the disorienting quality of a dream; unreal; fantastic. “There was something surreal about the diving accident.” 23-Dec-2017
35 Assertive Inclined to bold or confident assertion; aggressively self-assured. “She is an assertive businesswoman.” 22-Dec-2017
36 Recondite Recondite adj. (of a subject or knowledge) Little known, obscure, abstruse. “Recondite information.” 21-Dec-2017
37 Obsequious Obedient or attentive to an excessive degree. “The obsequious service resulted in an excellent tip.” 20-Dec-2017
38 Elegiac Having a mournful quality. “An elegiac poem.” 19-Dec-2017
39 Ignoble Not honorable in character or purpose; shameful. “An ignoble act.” 18-Dec-2017
40 Tenuous Tenuous adj. Very weak or slight; insubstantial. “A tenuous argument.” 16-Dec-2017
41 Dale Carnegie People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. 16-Dec-2017
42 Ostracize Ostracize v. Exclude (someone) from a society or group. “She felt ostracized by society.” 15-Dec-2017
43 Irascible Characterized by or arising from anger. (of a person) Easily made angry. 14-Dec-2017
44 Deasil clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious. 13-Dec-2017
45 Nescient Nescient; Nescience adj. Lacking knowledge; ignorant. 12-Dec-2017
46 Acrid Having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell. Angry and bitter. “An acrid odor filled the room.” 11-Dec-2017
47 Empathy the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. 09-Dec-2017
48 Wend to direct one's course : travel, proceed 08-Dec-2017
49 gleek to make a joke; jest. 07-Dec-2017
50 Eloquence fluent or persuasive speaking or writing. 06-Dec-2017