Word Of The Day

Permeateplay

To permeate is to pass or spread through something.

// The scent of lilacs permeated the room.

// A feeling of anxiety permeated the office as everyone rushed to meet the deadline.



Vernal

Vernal is a formal adjective that describes something that relates to or occurs in the spring.

// It is such a relief after a long, cold winter to see the trees and flowers in their glorious vernal bloom.



Juggernaut

A juggernaut is something (such as a force, campaign, or movement) that is extremely large and powerful and cannot be stopped.

// The team is a juggernaut this year, winning more games than any team before it has.



Admonish

To admonish someone is to express warning or disapproval towards them, or to urge them to do something.

// We were admonished for arriving late to the meeting.

// They were admonished to take advantage of the opportunity.



limerick

A limerick is a humorous rhyming poem of five lines.

// My limerick received a prize for the funniest poem at the open mic night.



Bamboozle

To bamboozle someone is to deceive, trick, or confuse them.

// The salesperson bamboozled us into getting a more expensive item than we had planned to buy.



Curfew

Curfew refers to a law or order that requires people to be indoors after a certain time at night, as well as to the period of time when such an order or law is in effect. Chiefly in the United States, curfew is also used to refer to the time set by a parent or caregiver at which a child has to be back home after going out.

// No one is allowed on the streets during the curfew.

// Lana has a 10 o’clock curfew, so we need to bring her home right after the movie.



Multifarious

Something described as multifarious has great diversity or variety, or is made up of many and various kinds of things. Multifarious is a formal word and a synonym of diverse.

// He participated in multifarious activities throughout college.



Quark

Quark is a word used in physics to refer to any one of several types of very small particles that make up matter.

// Quarks, which combine together to form protons and neutrons, come in six types, or flavors: up, down, charm, strange, top, and bottom.



Imperturbable

Imperturbable describes someone or something marked by extreme calm; such a person or thing is very hard to disturb or upset.

// The imperturbable captain did not panic when the boat sailed into the path of a violent storm.

// Nothing disrupted the contestant's imperturbable focus.