Word of the Day

January 25, 2021

optimization

play

the act of making something perfect

January 24, 2021

insouciance

play

lighthearted unconcern

January 23, 2021

ad hominem

play

marked by an attack on character

January 22, 2021

sarcophagus

play

a stone coffin

January 21, 2021

exact

play

to demand and obtain

January 20, 2021

gulosity

play

excessive appetite

January 19, 2021

conjecture

play

to guess or surmise

January 18, 2021

preeminent

play

more important, skillful, or successful

January 17, 2021

modicum

play

a small portion or a limited quantity

January 16, 2021

effusive

play

expressing or showing much emotion

January 2021

Jan 01

reprise
Jan 02

feckless
Jan 03

apologia
Jan 04

dissociate
Jan 05

comely
Jan 06

pugilism
Jan 07

devious
Jan 08

amok
Jan 09

baksheesh
Jan 10

haptic
Jan 11

mimesis
Jan 12

pedantic
Jan 13

rapport
Jan 14

servile
Jan 15

vulcanize
Jan 16

effusive
Jan 17

modicum
Jan 18

preeminent
Jan 19

conjecture
Jan 20

gulosity
Jan 21

exact
Jan 22

sarcophagus
Jan 23

ad hominem
Jan 24

insouciance
Jan 25

optimization

December 2020

Dec 01

equity
Dec 02

tyro
Dec 03

brainiac
Dec 04

distend
Dec 05

incandescent
Dec 06

mangle
Dec 07

lucrative
Dec 08

paucity
Dec 09

rescind
Dec 10

spontaneous
Dec 11

contraband
Dec 12

antediluvian
Dec 13

flout
Dec 14

homage
Dec 15

prehensile
Dec 16

vilify
Dec 17

doyen
Dec 18

idiopathic
Dec 19

comity
Dec 20

presage
Dec 21

gelid
Dec 22

opprobrium
Dec 23

convalesce
Dec 24

efficacious
Dec 25

noel
Dec 26

verdigris
Dec 27

franchise
Dec 28

suffrage
Dec 29

constitution
Dec 30

prerogative
Dec 31

contestation

November 2020

Nov 01

hallowed
Nov 02

exult
Nov 03

candidate
Nov 04

erudite
Nov 05

perseverate
Nov 06

accident
Nov 07

multifarious
Nov 08

octothorpe
Nov 09

reprove
Nov 10

bailiwick
Nov 11

impeccable
Nov 12

abnegate
Nov 13

farrier
Nov 14

infinitesimal
Nov 15

libertine
Nov 16

snivel
Nov 17

fulvous
Nov 18

bugbear
Nov 19

cohesive
Nov 20

emigrate
Nov 21

grandiloquence
Nov 22

debouch
Nov 23

vaunted
Nov 24

mogul
Nov 25

posthumous
Nov 26

victual
Nov 27

ulterior
Nov 28

capitulate
Nov 29

hinterland
Nov 30

ambient

October 2020

Oct 01

inordinate
Oct 02

pachyderm
Oct 03

enhance
Oct 04

meliorism
Oct 05

appreciable
Oct 06

forebear
Oct 07

pecuniary
Oct 08

collogue
Oct 09

leitmotif
Oct 10

pertinacious
Oct 11

shill
Oct 12

mythomania
Oct 13

usurp
Oct 14

benefic
Oct 15

kiln
Oct 16

futile
Oct 17

homologate
Oct 18

obverse
Oct 19

quotidian
Oct 20

visage
Oct 21

dorsal
Oct 22

adduce
Oct 23

guttersnipe
Oct 24

sophomoric
Oct 25

emissary
Oct 26

repine
Oct 27

dexterous
Oct 28

Cassandra
Oct 29

rue
Oct 30

truculent
Oct 31

wraith

September 2020

Sep 01

allusion
Sep 02

pediculous
Sep 03

matriculate
Sep 04

docile
Sep 05

heyday
Sep 06

colloquial
Sep 07

plaudit
Sep 08

impregnable
Sep 09

bunkum
Sep 10

encumber
Sep 11

ruddy
Sep 12

foment
Sep 13

verbiage
Sep 14

purport
Sep 15

Sisyphean
Sep 16

cronyism
Sep 17

limpid
Sep 18

delve
Sep 19

fountainhead
Sep 20

ubiquitous
Sep 21

juncture
Sep 22

operose
Sep 23

crabwise
Sep 24

nepotism
Sep 25

translucent
Sep 26

emollient
Sep 27

rambunctious
Sep 28

abstain
Sep 29

gauntlet
Sep 30

sinuous

August 2020

Aug 01

hotdog
Aug 02

ombudsman
Aug 03

risible
Aug 04

aficionado
Aug 05

demure
Aug 06

grubstake
Aug 07

midriff
Aug 08

beholden
Aug 09

ferret
Aug 10

vivacious
Aug 11

malaise
Aug 12

yaw
Aug 13

catch-22
Aug 14

quiescent
Aug 15

subterfuge
Aug 16

inveigh
Aug 17

cognizable
Aug 18

braggadocio
Aug 19

dulcet
Aug 20

ne plus ultra
Aug 21

exhort
Aug 22

parochial
Aug 23

forte
Aug 24

estival
Aug 25

requite
Aug 26

testimonial
Aug 27

kindred
Aug 28

undertaker
Aug 29

asunder
Aug 30

cadge
Aug 31

longanimity

July 2020

Jul 01

farrago
Jul 02

obtain
Jul 03

stentorian
Jul 04

aphelion
Jul 05

deracinate
Jul 06

legerdemain
Jul 07

sound
Jul 08

emulate
Jul 09

bromide
Jul 10

histrionic
Jul 11

confabulate
Jul 12

frisson
Jul 13

parsimonious
Jul 14

tutelage
Jul 15

indite
Jul 16

callous
Jul 17

mien
Jul 18

jink
Jul 19

volte-face
Jul 20

derelict
Jul 21

inculcate
Jul 22

requisite
Jul 23

gyre
Jul 24

bowdlerize
Jul 25

noblesse oblige
Jul 26

epistolary
Jul 27

anomaly
Jul 28

mesmerize
Jul 29

pejorative
Jul 30

catastrophe
Jul 31

rife

June 2020

Jun 01

stiction
Jun 02

eolian
Jun 03

compunction
Jun 04

posture
Jun 05

rendition
Jun 06

capricious
Jun 07

advocate
Jun 08

gest
Jun 09

lissome
Jun 10

troubadour
Jun 11

vilipend
Jun 12

fictitious
Jun 13

whodunit
Jun 14

divagate
Jun 15

bellwether
Jun 16

null
Jun 17

harangue
Jun 18

conflate
Jun 19

stalwart
Jun 20

envisage
Jun 21

masterful
Jun 22

crux
Jun 23

fraternize
Jun 24

gourmand
Jun 25

omnipotent
Jun 26

yokel
Jun 27

incontrovertible
Jun 28

argot
Jun 29

parse
Jun 30

louche

May 2020

May 01

appellation
May 02

gratuitous
May 03

politesse
May 04

collimate
May 05

lorn
May 06

quintessence
May 07

truckle
May 08

verboten
May 09

decoupage
May 10

indomitable
May 11

aggrandize
May 12

flotsam
May 13

pelagic
May 14

refulgence
May 15

stymie
May 16

bodacious
May 17

malapropism
May 18

exiguous
May 19

disabuse
May 20

neoteric
May 21

cowcatcher
May 22

preen
May 23

shaggy-dog
May 24

xeriscape
May 25

instigate
May 26

homonymous
May 27

longueur
May 28

empirical
May 29

assail
May 30

gamut
May 31

palmy

April 2020

Apr 01

loon
Apr 02

pleonasm
Apr 03

cocoon
Apr 04

solecism
Apr 05

forsooth
Apr 06

incarcerate
Apr 07

maverick
Apr 08

berserk
Apr 09

seder
Apr 10

permeate
Apr 11

pandiculation
Apr 12

expiate
Apr 13

hypnagogic
Apr 14

umbra
Apr 15

deflagrate
Apr 16

caduceus
Apr 17

vanilla
Apr 18

regurgitate
Apr 19

alienist
Apr 20

peccant
Apr 21

colloquy
Apr 22

obstinate
Apr 23

facilitate
Apr 24

arboreal
Apr 25

nabob
Apr 26

promulgate
Apr 27

zephyr
Apr 28

garnish
Apr 29

disingenuous
Apr 30

emblem

March 2020

Mar 01

interpolate
Mar 02

perquisite
Mar 03

rectitudinous
Mar 04

albeit
Mar 05

filch
Mar 06

oleaginous
Mar 07

sea change
Mar 08

chapfallen
Mar 09

devise
Mar 10

escapade
Mar 11

Byzantine
Mar 12

retronym
Mar 13

ambidextrous
Mar 14

hoise
Mar 15

minutia
Mar 16

palpate
Mar 17

crwth
Mar 18

abbreviate
Mar 19

viridity
Mar 20

fusty
Mar 21

incommunicado
Mar 22

lampoon
Mar 23

welkin
Mar 24

timorous
Mar 25

gibe
Mar 26

ninja
Mar 27

cordial
Mar 28

derogate
Mar 29

quixotic
Mar 30

laissez-faire
Mar 31

plenary

February 2020

Feb 01

fissile
Feb 02

prognosticate
Feb 03

hierophant
Feb 04

scumble
Feb 05

ancillary
Feb 06

canard
Feb 07

infantilize
Feb 08

lenticular
Feb 09

expunge
Feb 10

debonair
Feb 11

obloquy
Feb 12

resile
Feb 13

gustatory
Feb 14

Cupid
Feb 15

vinaceous
Feb 16

stipulate
Feb 17

probity
Feb 18

bootless
Feb 19

eradicate
Feb 20

judgment
Feb 21

numismatic
Feb 22

pontificate
Feb 23

misbegotten
Feb 24

acumen
Feb 25

dissemble
Feb 26

injunction
Feb 27

trenchant
Feb 28

coax
Feb 29

untenable

January 2020

Jan 01

redux
Jan 02

cosmeticize
Jan 03

foible
Jan 04

mendacious
Jan 05

permutation
Jan 06

agrarian
Jan 07

dragoon
Jan 08

surfeit
Jan 09

belated
Jan 10

elixir
Jan 11

convoke
Jan 12

weal
Jan 13

glom
Jan 14

lily-livered
Jan 15

artifice
Jan 16

hirsute
Jan 17

tontine
Jan 18

vicarious
Jan 19

intercalate
Jan 20

dauntless
Jan 21

bonhomie
Jan 22

nurture
Jan 23

outlandish
Jan 24

euphoria
Jan 25

lackluster
Jan 26

sublimate
Jan 27

parvenu
Jan 28

diligent
Jan 29

allege
Jan 30

gist
Jan 31

macabre

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Word of the Day

optimization

insouciance

ad hominem

sarcophagus

exact

gulosity

conjecture

preeminent

modicum

effusive

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