Word of the Day

July 20, 2018

paste

play

to beat or defeat soundly

July 19, 2018

halcyon

play

peaceful, happy, or prosperous

July 18, 2018

salvo

play

a simultaneous discharge of guns

July 17, 2018

vouchsafe

play

to grant as a privilege or special favor

July 16, 2018

declivity

play

a downward inclination or slope

July 15, 2018

mercurial

play

changing quickly and often

July 14, 2018

obviate

play

to prevent or make unnecessary

July 13, 2018

gumption

play

enterprise or initiative

July 12, 2018

cerebrate

play

to use the mind

July 11, 2018

nimiety

play

excess or redundancy

July 2018

Jul 01

métier
Jul 02

canicular
Jul 03

regardless
Jul 04

pyrotechnics
Jul 05

asseverate
Jul 06

sophistry
Jul 07

eccentric
Jul 08

lucubration
Jul 09

transmogrify
Jul 10

benevolent
Jul 11

nimiety
Jul 12

cerebrate
Jul 13

gumption
Jul 14

obviate
Jul 15

mercurial
Jul 16

declivity
Jul 17

vouchsafe
Jul 18

salvo
Jul 19

halcyon
Jul 20

paste

June 2018

Jun 01

mise-en-scène
Jun 02

ingenue
Jun 03

opportune
Jun 04

proficient
Jun 05

fustigate
Jun 06

unbeknownst
Jun 07

boondoggle
Jun 08

whelm
Jun 09

shenanigan
Jun 10

roseate
Jun 11

abrogate
Jun 12

epithet
Jun 13

mantic
Jun 14

defenestration
Jun 15

pugnacious
Jun 16

tantalize
Jun 17

meritorious
Jun 18

jabberwocky
Jun 19

quail
Jun 20

balmy
Jun 21

voracity
Jun 22

notorious
Jun 23

skirl
Jun 24

effigy
Jun 25

amortize
Jun 26

kaput
Jun 27

bedizen
Jun 28

ostensible
Jun 29

tome
Jun 30

lambaste

May 2018

May 01

eventuate
May 02

palindrome
May 03

beaucoup
May 04

flocculate
May 05

agonistic
May 06

remuneration
May 07

decimate
May 08

menagerie
May 09

jocose
May 10

slumgullion
May 11

otiose
May 12

collaborate
May 13

nascent
May 14

transpire
May 15

layman
May 16

aggress
May 17

winsome
May 18

muliebrity
May 19

unfettered
May 20

besot
May 21

raillery
May 22

garrulous
May 23

petard
May 24

cajole
May 25

homogeneous
May 26

riposte
May 27

arrogate
May 28

sacrosanct
May 29

flummox
May 30

indigence
May 31

chastise

April 2018

Apr 01

cuckoo
Apr 02

abide
Apr 03

sensibility
Apr 04

career
Apr 05

veld
Apr 06

ineluctable
Apr 07

reify
Apr 08

bastion
Apr 09

maladroit
Apr 10

kitsch
Apr 11

defer
Apr 12

newfangled
Apr 13

aegis
Apr 14

succinct
Apr 15

founder
Apr 16

vulnerable
Apr 17

onomatopoeia
Apr 18

embarrass
Apr 19

headlong
Apr 20

bloviate
Apr 21

grudging
Apr 22

traduce
Apr 23

cathexis
Apr 24

loath
Apr 25

slew
Apr 26

mollycoddle
Apr 27

querulous
Apr 28

anathema
Apr 29

redolent
Apr 30

chivalry

March 2018

Mar 01

agon
Mar 02

nondescript
Mar 03

elucidate
Mar 04

cursory
Mar 05

rabble
Mar 06

scarify
Mar 07

woolgathering
Mar 08

bird-dog
Mar 09

meander
Mar 10

lexicographer
Mar 11

scilicet
Mar 12

Croesus
Mar 13

laudable
Mar 14

invigilate
Mar 15

telegenic
Mar 16

anent
Mar 17

uncanny
Mar 18

farce
Mar 19

hachure
Mar 20

yegg
Mar 21

cadre
Mar 22

lugubrious
Mar 23

never-never land
Mar 24

vanward
Mar 25

thimblerig
Mar 26

bravado
Mar 27

grandiose
Mar 28

delegate
Mar 29

manticore
Mar 30

parlous
Mar 31

rectitude

February 2018

Feb 01

preternatural
Feb 02

divest
Feb 03

tucket
Feb 04

blench
Feb 05

spavined
Feb 06

logomachy
Feb 07

carp
Feb 08

embargo
Feb 09

mnemonic
Feb 10

instauration
Feb 11

recuse
Feb 12

adust
Feb 13

nuts
Feb 14

frolic
Feb 15

nebbish
Feb 16

yuppify
Feb 17

biddable
Feb 18

panegyric
Feb 19

sanguine
Feb 20

refection
Feb 21

demarcate
Feb 22

plangent
Feb 23

meld
Feb 24

caravansary
Feb 25

ad hoc
Feb 26

validate
Feb 27

tenebrous
Feb 28

exegesis

January 2018

Jan 01

fete
Jan 02

accentuate
Jan 03

sacerdotal
Jan 04

hornswoggle
Jan 05

bindle stiff
Jan 06

vapid
Jan 07

gainsay
Jan 08

mutatis mutandis
Jan 09

officinal
Jan 10

cohort
Jan 11

placate
Jan 12

reprehensible
Jan 13

stanch
Jan 14

demiurge
Jan 15

intrepid
Jan 16

adapt
Jan 17

famish
Jan 18

homiletic
Jan 19

trammel
Jan 20

bespoke
Jan 21

extenuate
Jan 22

leonine
Jan 23

synchronicity
Jan 24

contrite
Jan 25

mansuetude
Jan 26

retrodict
Jan 27

nebulous
Jan 28

popinjay
Jan 29

anthropomorphic
Jan 30

tincture
Jan 31

irrupt

December 2017

Dec 01

anachronism
Dec 02

intersperse
Dec 03

pillory
Dec 04

maudlin
Dec 05

encapsulate
Dec 06

candor
Dec 07

maieutic
Dec 08

wend
Dec 09

zoomorphic
Dec 10

cachinnate
Dec 11

orphic
Dec 12

sustain
Dec 13

diaphanous
Dec 14

gravamen
Dec 15

fructify
Dec 16

terpsichorean
Dec 17

lothario
Dec 18

permeable
Dec 19

stultify
Dec 20

recumbent
Dec 21

boniface
Dec 22

vespertine
Dec 23

flamboyant
Dec 24

nativity
Dec 25

conciliate
Dec 26

abeyance
Dec 27

hortative
Dec 28

debilitate
Dec 29

pooh-bah
Dec 30

spiel
Dec 31

antithetical

November 2017

Nov 01

apodictic
Nov 02

clew
Nov 03

tin-pot
Nov 04

stridulate
Nov 05

parable
Nov 06

esemplastic
Nov 07

archetype
Nov 08

mandarin
Nov 09

cotton
Nov 10

pathos
Nov 11

doughty
Nov 12

shilly-shally
Nov 13

roué
Nov 14

stellar
Nov 15

proximity
Nov 16

lollygag
Nov 17

jalousie
Nov 18

belaud
Nov 19

fervid
Nov 20

bombinate
Nov 21

wifty
Nov 22

obliterate
Nov 23

viand
Nov 24

mucilaginous
Nov 25

non sequitur
Nov 26

illustrious
Nov 27

anneal
Nov 28

harbinger
Nov 29

bludge
Nov 30

scurrilous

October 2017

Oct 01

censure
Oct 02

farceur
Oct 03

salubrious
Oct 04

agita
Oct 05

vituperate
Oct 06

bombard
Oct 07

prehension
Oct 08

slake
Oct 09

denegation
Oct 10

gregarious
Oct 11

tendentious
Oct 12

interdigitate
Oct 13

lagniappe
Oct 14

palliate
Oct 15

razzmatazz
Oct 16

chary
Oct 17

euphony
Oct 18

malign
Oct 19

hew
Oct 20

knee-jerk
Oct 21

adversity
Oct 22

nuncupative
Oct 23

burke
Oct 24

pelf
Oct 25

overwhelm
Oct 26

slapdash
Oct 27

wardrobe
Oct 28

alfresco
Oct 29

causerie
Oct 30

descry
Oct 31

werewolf

September 2017

Sep 01

confrere
Sep 02

enthrall
Sep 03

vociferous
Sep 04

fruition
Sep 05

scrupulous
Sep 06

robot
Sep 07

propagate
Sep 08

extemporaneous
Sep 09

disport
Sep 10

conversant
Sep 11

bibelot
Sep 12

scour
Sep 13

precocious
Sep 14

marginalia
Sep 15

inoculate
Sep 16

travesty
Sep 17

portentous
Sep 18

amanuensis
Sep 19

glabrous
Sep 20

holus-bolus
Sep 21

shofar
Sep 22

yeasty
Sep 23

toothsome
Sep 24

legerity
Sep 25

anathematize
Sep 26

broadside
Sep 27

disparate
Sep 28

pace
Sep 29

ensconce
Sep 30

apropos

August 2017

Aug 01

diminution
Aug 02

arbitrary
Aug 03

splenetic
Aug 04

manumit
Aug 05

regimen
Aug 06

chthonic
Aug 07

schadenfreude
Aug 08

immense
Aug 09

garble
Aug 10

élan
Aug 11

Pandemonium
Aug 12

temporize
Aug 13

vermicular
Aug 14

bifurcate
Aug 15

lamster
Aug 16

perfunctory
Aug 17

oppugn
Aug 18

waif
Aug 19

alleviate
Aug 20

depredate
Aug 21

hebetude
Aug 22

nobby
Aug 23

flagrant
Aug 24

opine
Aug 25

picaresque
Aug 26

burgle
Aug 27

accoutrement
Aug 28

emissary
Aug 29

coalesce
Aug 30

interstice
Aug 31

soi-disant

July 2017

Jul 01

sericeous
Jul 02

dithyramb
Jul 03

construe
Jul 04

inalienable
Jul 05

flat-hat
Jul 06

poltroon
Jul 07

ludic
Jul 08

turpitude
Jul 09

bosky
Jul 10

assay
Jul 11

repudiate
Jul 12

onerous
Jul 13

meme
Jul 14

savant
Jul 15

copacetic
Jul 16

yawp
Jul 17

steadfast
Jul 18

vindicate
Jul 19

edacious
Jul 20

crucible
Jul 21

gauche
Jul 22

tare
Jul 23

advise
Jul 24

haphazard
Jul 25

wreak
Jul 26

akimbo
Jul 27

fester
Jul 28

inhere
Jul 29

melee
Jul 30

bona fides
Jul 31

plausible

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