Word of the Day

April 24, 2019

writhe

play

to move or proceed with twists and turns

April 23, 2019

inexorable

play

not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped

April 22, 2019

intoxicate

play

to affect and impair by alcohol or a drug

April 21, 2019

resurrection

play

an act or instance of returning to life

April 20, 2019

propitious

play

likely to have or produce good results

April 19, 2019

ecstatic

play

marked by a state of overwhelming emotion

April 18, 2019

adversary

play

an enemy or opponent

April 17, 2019

gullible

play

easily duped or cheated

April 16, 2019

shanghai

play

to trick or force into doing something

April 15, 2019

katzenjammer

play

a hangover or a discordant clamor

April 2019

Apr 01

hoodwink
Apr 02

fantod
Apr 03

arduous
Apr 04

rowel
Apr 05

brummagem
Apr 06

moiety
Apr 07

sashay
Apr 08

cerebral
Apr 09

opusculum
Apr 10

Parthian
Apr 11

despot
Apr 12

thole
Apr 13

cubit
Apr 14

veritable
Apr 15

katzenjammer
Apr 16

shanghai
Apr 17

gullible
Apr 18

adversary
Apr 19

ecstatic
Apr 20

propitious
Apr 21

resurrection
Apr 22

intoxicate
Apr 23

inexorable
Apr 24

writhe

March 2019

Mar 01

gormless
Mar 02

vox populi
Mar 03

sentient
Mar 04

feisty
Mar 05

leviathan
Mar 06

abecedarian
Mar 07

Mirandize
Mar 08

shard
Mar 09

cap-a-pie
Mar 10

newspeak
Mar 11

bathetic
Mar 12

delate
Mar 13

zero-sum
Mar 14

animadversion
Mar 15

two-bit
Mar 16

encroach
Mar 17

smithereens
Mar 18

parabolic
Mar 19

orthography
Mar 20

canker
Mar 21

hamartia
Mar 22

purview
Mar 23

reverberate
Mar 24

magniloquent
Mar 25

bower
Mar 26

decoct
Mar 27

litmus test
Mar 28

polyglot
Mar 29

comminute
Mar 30

scrumptious
Mar 31

etiquette

February 2019

Feb 01

largesse
Feb 02

portend
Feb 03

senescence
Feb 04

condone
Feb 05

mettlesome
Feb 06

ratiocination
Feb 07

abstruse
Feb 08

wiseacre
Feb 09

prescind
Feb 10

finicky
Feb 11

bardolater
Feb 12

teem
Feb 13

cacophony
Feb 14

heartstring
Feb 15

apotheosis
Feb 16

gibbous
Feb 17

disavow
Feb 18

prestigious
Feb 19

emote
Feb 20

obsequious
Feb 21

hoopla
Feb 22

minion
Feb 23

chockablock
Feb 24

sequester
Feb 25

impetus
Feb 26

avuncular
Feb 27

grift
Feb 28

billion

January 2019

Jan 01

handsel
Jan 02

campestral
Jan 03

rapporteur
Jan 04

abominable
Jan 05

eclectic
Jan 06

paradigm
Jan 07

demotic
Jan 08

malinger
Jan 09

behest
Jan 10

venal
Jan 11

syllogism
Jan 12

boycott
Jan 13

clement
Jan 14

mea culpa
Jan 15

liaison
Jan 16

nomothetic
Jan 17

farouche
Jan 18

teetotaler
Jan 19

gargantuan
Jan 20

wherewithal
Jan 21

substantive
Jan 22

cumulate
Jan 23

imbroglio
Jan 24

adjudicate
Jan 25

myopic
Jan 26

doldrums
Jan 27

foray
Jan 28

sleuth
Jan 29

charisma
Jan 30

proliferate
Jan 31

raddled

December 2018

Dec 01

mayhem
Dec 02

sciential
Dec 03

circumvent
Dec 04

perspicacious
Dec 05

abandon
Dec 06

dossier
Dec 07

sandbag
Dec 08

approbation
Dec 09

galumph
Dec 10

repartee
Dec 11

immure
Dec 12

lunette
Dec 13

perennial
Dec 14

zibeline
Dec 15

nidus
Dec 16

vitiate
Dec 17

epitome
Dec 18

millefleur
Dec 19

tchotchke
Dec 20

frenetic
Dec 21

solstice
Dec 22

compendious
Dec 23

assuage
Dec 24

grinch
Dec 25

benison
Dec 26

utmost
Dec 27

enervate
Dec 28

canorous
Dec 29

fulcrum
Dec 30

obdurate
Dec 31

hark back

November 2018

Nov 01

verbose
Nov 02

connive
Nov 03

sinew
Nov 04

gridiron
Nov 05

mordant
Nov 06

umbrage
Nov 07

derring-do
Nov 08

palmary
Nov 09

boustrophedon
Nov 10

furlong
Nov 11

valorous
Nov 12

admonish
Nov 13

recalcitrant
Nov 14

tomfoolery
Nov 15

memento
Nov 16

exculpate
Nov 17

susurrous
Nov 18

chapel
Nov 19

henchman
Nov 20

perforce
Nov 21

noisome
Nov 22

cornucopia
Nov 23

impromptu
Nov 24

audacious
Nov 25

occlusion
Nov 26

quirk
Nov 27

yahoo
Nov 28

betwixt
Nov 29

ritzy
Nov 30

dram

October 2018

Oct 01

manifesto
Oct 02

cloister
Oct 03

weltschmerz
Oct 04

intestine
Oct 05

peripeteia
Oct 06

gloaming
Oct 07

scintillate
Oct 08

Occident
Oct 09

ambivalent
Oct 10

Luddite
Oct 11

by and large
Oct 12

emblazon
Oct 13

quip
Oct 14

crapulous
Oct 15

tergiversation
Oct 16

nary
Oct 17

acceptation
Oct 18

de rigueur
Oct 19

linchpin
Oct 20

superjacent
Oct 21

rebuff
Oct 22

brouhaha
Oct 23

mawkish
Oct 24

indoctrinate
Oct 25

fugacious
Oct 26

holy writ
Oct 27

pamphleteer
Oct 28

multitudinous
Oct 29

shambles
Oct 30

caterwaul
Oct 31

lycanthropy

September 2018

Sep 01

symposium
Sep 02

coeval
Sep 03

mentor
Sep 04

ingratiate
Sep 05

banshee
Sep 06

quiddity
Sep 07

schmooze
Sep 08

periphrasis
Sep 09

wanderlust
Sep 10

fathom
Sep 11

deportment
Sep 12

enigmatic
Sep 13

taradiddle
Sep 14

advert
Sep 15

melancholia
Sep 16

resplendent
Sep 17

chiliad
Sep 18

lenitive
Sep 19

atone
Sep 20

milieu
Sep 21

panoply
Sep 22

viva voce
Sep 23

biannual
Sep 24

glade
Sep 25

secrete
Sep 26

habiliment
Sep 27

orotund
Sep 28

trousseau
Sep 29

nocuous
Sep 30

rodomontade

August 2018

Aug 01

risorgimento
Aug 02

agog
Aug 03

pacify
Aug 04

slimsy
Aug 05

bereft
Aug 06

mufti
Aug 07

fungible
Aug 08

debunk
Aug 09

weald
Aug 10

rash
Aug 11

circuitous
Aug 12

lapidary
Aug 13

orgulous
Aug 14

gaffer
Aug 15

nonchalant
Aug 16

volatile
Aug 17

thwart
Aug 18

adulation
Aug 19

imperturbable
Aug 20

satiety
Aug 21

cerulean
Aug 22

exigent
Aug 23

oblige
Aug 24

marshal
Aug 25

jaunty
Aug 26

puissant
Aug 27

rubric
Aug 28

lodestar
Aug 29

taciturn
Aug 30

buttonhole
Aug 31

duress

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
Jul 21

acolyte
Jul 22

festinate
Jul 23

pro rata
Jul 24

languid
Jul 25

behemoth
Jul 26

inchmeal
Jul 27

reticent
Jul 28

curfew
Jul 29

gloss
Jul 30

tempestuous
Jul 31

musket

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

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writhe

inexorable

intoxicate

resurrection

propitious

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shanghai

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