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WORD OF THE DAY DETAILS

# Title Description Date
1 Yore

time past.

18-Sep-2021
2 Wampum

cylindrical beads made from shells, pierced and strung, used by North American Indians as a medium of exchange, for ornaments, and for ceremonial and sometimes spiritual purposes.

17-Sep-2021
3 Azure

of or having a light, purplish shade of blue, like that of a clear and unclouded sky.

16-Sep-2021
4 Repentance

deep sorrow, compunction, or contrition for a past sin, wrongdoing, or the like.

15-Sep-2021
5 Camion

a truck, as for military supplies.

14-Sep-2021
6 Exclave

a portion of a country geographically separated from the main part by surrounding foreign territory.

10-Sep-2021
7 glitz

ostentatious glitter or sophistication.

09-Sep-2021
8 Cathartic

of or relating to the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music.

08-Sep-2021
9 lucubrate

to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.

07-Sep-2021
10 indefatigable

incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.

06-Sep-2021
11 Connubial

of marriage or wedlock; matrimonial; conjugal.

04-Sep-2021
12 Moratorium

a suspension of activity.

03-Sep-2021
13 Lodestone

Something that attracts strongly.

02-Sep-2021
14 Alma mater

a school, college, or university at which one has studied and, usually, from which one has graduated.

01-Sep-2021
15 gorgonize

hypnotize; petrify.

31-Aug-2021
16 Nostrum

a pet scheme or remedy, especially for social or political ills; panacea.

30-Aug-2021
17 orogeny

the process of mountain making or upheaval.

27-Aug-2021
18 Xanadu

a place of great beauty, luxury, and contentment.

26-Aug-2021
19 mishpocha

an entire family network comprising relatives by blood and marriage and sometimes including close friends; clan.

25-Aug-2021
20 rapprochement

an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations.

24-Aug-2021
21 prelapsarian

characteristic of or pertaining to any innocent or carefree period.

23-Aug-2021
22 arete

the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.

21-Aug-2021
23 Phlegethon

a stream of fire or fiery light.

19-Aug-2021
24 vamoose

to leave hurriedly or quickly; decamp.

18-Aug-2021
25 Minatory

menacing; threatening.

17-Aug-2021
26 zugzwang

in chess, a situation in which a player is limited to moves that cost pieces or have a damaging positional effect.

16-Aug-2021
27 ambisinister

clumsy or unskillful with both hands.

13-Aug-2021
28 flump

to plump down suddenly or heavily; flop.

12-Aug-2021
29 skerrick

a small piece or quantity; a bit.

11-Aug-2021
30 hegira

any flight or journey to a more desirable or congenial place.

09-Aug-2021
31 Apopemptic

pertaining to leave-taking or departing; valedictory.

06-Aug-2021
32 tohubohu

chaos; disorder; confusion.

05-Aug-2021
33 penetralia

the innermost parts or recesses of a place or thing.

04-Aug-2021
34 Satori

sudden enlightenment.

03-Aug-2021
35 integument

a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind.

02-Aug-2021
36 tocsin

a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.

31-Jul-2021
37 irrefragable

not to be disputed or contested.

30-Jul-2021
38 celerity

swiftness; speed.

29-Jul-2021
39 Fletcherize

to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.

28-Jul-2021
40 noetic

of or relating to the mind.

27-Jul-2021
41 lexical

of or relating to words or the vocabulary of a language as distinguished from its grammar and construction

24-Jul-2021
42 Guttural

 being or marked by utterance that is strange, unpleasant, or disagreeable

23-Jul-2021
43 receipt

a paper listing goods and money received

22-Jul-2021
44 verklempt

overly emotional and unable to speak.

21-Jul-2021
45 Voracity

Voracity; Voracious [vo·ra·cious] adj. Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous. 2. Having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; greedy: “A voracious reader.”

19-Jul-2021
46 Venality

Venality [ve·nal·i·ty] n. 1. The condition of being susceptible to bribery or corruption. 2. The use of a position of trust for dishonest gain: “The venality of a corrupt judge.”

17-Jul-2021
47 Egregious

Egregious [e·gre·gious] adj. Conspicuously bad or offensive. “The judge’s conduct was egregious.”

16-Jul-2021
48 Episodic

Episodic [ep·i·sod·ic] adj. Happening at irregular intervals. “He has episodic migraines.”

15-Jul-2021
49 Embellish

Embellish [em·bel·lish] tr.v. 1. To make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate. 2. To add fictitious details to exaggerate the truth: “A dramatic account that embellished the true story.”

14-Jul-2021
50 Analogous

Analogous [a·nal·o·gous] adj. 1. Similar or alike in such a way as to permit the drawing of an analogy. “The brain and the Acme 1000 supercomputer are analogous to each other.”

13-Jul-2021