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Date  | Word | Description |
| 24 Nov 2014 | susurrus | - The act of whispering; a whisper; a murmur; a rustling
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| 23 Nov 2014 | glower | - to stare angrily or with a scowl.
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| 22 Nov 2014 | capacious | - Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor.
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| 21 Nov 2014 | capitulate | - to surrender under agreed conditions
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| 20 Nov 2014 | dapple | - A small contrasting spot or blotch
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| 19 Nov 2014 | umbrage | - suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment
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| 18 Nov 2014 | bivouac | - > The watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack 2: An encampment for the night usually without tents or covering. --v.i.; BIVOUACKED; BIVOUACKING: To encamp for the night under little or no shelter.
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| 17 Nov 2014 | deprecate | - to disapprove of strongly; deplore 2: belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts" 3 archaic: To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer
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| 16 Nov 2014 | emolument | - The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary
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| 15 Nov 2014 | complement | - Something that fills up or completes.
- The quantity or number required to make up a whole or to make something complete.
- One of two parts that complete a whole or mutually complete each other; a counterpart.
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| 14 Nov 2014 | quiddity | - The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity of a thing.
- A hairsplitting distinction; a trifling point; a quibble.
- An eccentricity; an odd feature.
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| 13 Nov 2014 | gewgaw | -
A showy trifle; a trinket; a bauble.
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| 12 Nov 2014 | pugilist | - BR>
One who fights with the fists; especially, a professional prize fighter; a boxer.
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| 11 Nov 2014 | conurbation | -
An aggregation or continuous network of urban communities.
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| 10 Nov 2014 | doff | - To take off, as an article of clothing.
- To tip or remove (one's hat).
- To put aside; to rid oneself of.
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| 9 Nov 2014 | subfusc | -
Dark or dull in color; drab, dusky.
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| 8 Nov 2014 | robustious | - Boisterous; vigorous.
- Coarse; rough; crude.
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| 7 Nov 2014 | descant | - (Music) (a) A melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor. (b) The upper voice in part music.
- A discourse or discussion on a theme.
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| 6 Nov 2014 | propinquity | - Nearness in place; proximity.
- Nearness in time.
- Nearness of relation; kinship.
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| 5 Nov 2014 | castigate | -
To punish severely; also, to chastise verbally; to rebuke; to criticize severely.
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| 4 Nov 2014 | jollification | -
Merrymaking; festivity; revelry.
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| 3 Nov 2014 | officious | -
Marked by excessive eagerness in offering services or advice where they are neither requested nor needed; meddlesome.
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| 2 Nov 2014 | lugubrious | -
Mournful, often exaggeratedly or affectedly; woeful; gloomy.
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| 1 Nov 2014 | succinct | -
Characterized by compressed precise expression with no wasted words; brief; concise.
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| 31 Oct 2014 | callow | -
Immature; lacking adult perception, experience, or judgment.
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| 30 Oct 2014 | posit | - To assume as real or conceded.
- To propose as an explanation; to suggest.
- To dispose or set firmly or fixedly.
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| 29 Oct 2014 | atelier | |
| 28 Oct 2014 | badinage | -
Light, playful talk; banter.
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| 27 Oct 2014 | fetid | -
Having an offensive smell; stinking.
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| 26 Oct 2014 | ukase | - In imperial Russia, a published proclamation or order having the force of law.
- Any order or decree issued by an authority; an edict.
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| 25 Oct 2014 | cogent | -
Having the power to compel conviction; appealing to the mind or to reason; convincing.
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| 24 Oct 2014 | irrefragable | -
Impossible to refute; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence.
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| 23 Oct 2014 | flippant | -
Lacking proper seriousness or respect; showing inappropriate levity; pert.
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| 22 Oct 2014 | palindrome | -
A word, phrase, sentence, or verse that reads the same backward or forward.
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| 21 Oct 2014 | orotund | - Characterized by fullness, clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound.
- Pompous; bombastic.
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| 20 Oct 2014 | vim | -
Power; force; energy; spirit; activity; vigor.
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| 19 Oct 2014 | parlous | -
Attended with peril; fraught with danger; hazardous.
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| 18 Oct 2014 | wayworn | |
| 17 Oct 2014 | booboisie | -
A class of people regarded as stupid or foolish.
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| 16 Oct 2014 | meticulous | -
Extremely or excessively careful about details.
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| 15 Oct 2014 | circumlocution | -
The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase.
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| 14 Oct 2014 | panacea | -
A remedy for all diseases, problems, or evils; a universal medicine; a cure-all.
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| 13 Oct 2014 | repast | -
Something taken as food; a meal.
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| 12 Oct 2014 | encumbrance | - Something that burdens or impedes; a burdensome and troublesome load; an impediment.
- A claim or lien upon property.
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| 11 Oct 2014 | practicable | - Capable of being done, accomplished, or put into practice; feasible; as, "a practicable method; a practicable aim."
- Capable of being used; usable.
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| 10 Oct 2014 | bouleversement | -
Complete overthrow; a reversal; a turning upside down.
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| 9 Oct 2014 | algorithm | -
A step-by-step procedure for solving a problem in a finite number of steps that often involves repetition of an operation.
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| 8 Oct 2014 | edacious | -
Given to eating; voracious; devouring.
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| 7 Oct 2014 | hale | -
Free from disease and weakening conditions; healthy.
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| 6 Oct 2014 | missive | -
A written message; a letter.
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