Word Of The Day

Prerogative

a right, privilege, etc., limited to a specific person or to persons of a particular category.



Anorak

a hooded pullover jacket originally made of fur and worn in the Arctic, now made of any weather-resistant fabric.



Nebbish

a pitifully ineffectual, luckless, and timid person.



Ankh

a tau (T-shaped) cross with a loop at the top, used as a symbol of generation or enduring life.



Hominid

any member of the family Hominidae, consisting of all modern and extinct humans and great apes, and all their immediate ancestors.



Asterism

a group of stars.



Persnickety

overparticular; fussy.



Cenotaph

a sepulchral monument erected in memory of a deceased person whose body is buried elsewhere.



Avgolemono

a soup or sauce made with beaten eggs, lemon juice, and usually chicken broth.



Ostracize

to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.