Word Of The Day

Woebegone

Woebegone describes someone or something that feels or shows great woe, sorrow, or misery.

// The team never looked more woebegone than it did heading back to the locker room after losing the championship to their rivals by a single run.

// Despite its woebegone appearance, the old mill town has a strong community and a vibrant arts scene.



Largess

1. generosity in bestowing gifts; a willingness to give liberally

2. a gift or money given as for service or out of benevolence; usually given in a showy way



Monadnock

a residual hill or mountain standing well above the surface of a surrounding area.



Reverence

a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.



Audacious

Audacious is an adjective used to describe people, or things that people make or do, that are confident and daring, or bold and surprising.

// She made the audacious decision to quit her job.

// The band has been making original and creative music for well over ten years, but their latest album is their most audacious to date.



Mawkish

characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.



Seriatim

in a series; one after another.



Semaphore

a system of signaling, especially a system by which a special flag is held in each hand and various positions of the arms indicate specific letters, numbers, etc.



Copacetic

fine; completely satisfactory; OK.



Parse

To parse something is to study it by looking closely at its parts. In grammar and linguistics, parse means "to divide (a sentence) into grammatical parts and identify the parts and their relations to each other."

// The lawyer meticulously parsed the wording of the final contract to be sure that her client would get all that he was asking for.