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| Date | Word  | Description |
| 25 Jul 2015 | asperity | - Roughness of surface; unevenness.
- Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon
the ear.
- Roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness. "Asperity of character." --Landor.
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| 14 Jan 2015 | ascribe | - . To attribute, as to a cause; as, ``his death was ascribed to a poison''; ``they ascribed the poor harvest to drought.''
- . To attribute, as a quality; to consider or allege to belong; as, ``ascribed jealousy to the critics.''
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| 11 Aug 2015 | ascetic | -
One who renounces material comforts and practices extreme self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion.
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| 18 Mar 2017 | artifice | - Cleverness or skill; ingenuity; inventiveness.
- An ingenious or artful device or expedient.
- An artful trick or stratagem.
- Trickery; craftiness; insincere or deceptive behavior.
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| 7 Feb 2014 | arrogate | - To claim or seize without right or justification; to appropriate.
- To claim on behalf of another; to ascribe.
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| 7 May 2016 | arriviste | -
A person who has recently attained success, wealth, or high status but not general acceptance or respect; an upstart.
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| 31 May 2016 | arrant | -
Thoroughgoing; downright; out-and-out; confirmed; extreme; notorious.
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| 25 Feb | arrant | Thoroughgoing; downright; out-and-out; confirmed; extreme; notorious.
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| 24 Apr 2016 | aright | -
Rightly; correctly; properly; in a right way or manner.
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| 11 Jun 2016 | Argus-eyed | -
Extremely observant; watchful; sharp-sighted.
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| 18 Apr 2015 | argot | - A specialized and often secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group.
- A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps,
and vagabonds.
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| 14 Aug 2016 | arcanum | - A secret; a mystery.
- Specialized or mysterious knowledge, language, or information that is not accessible to the average person (generally used in the plural).
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| 18 May 2015 | arcane | -
Understood by only a few; esoteric.
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| 7 Dec 2014 | arbitrage | - arbitrage \AHR-buh-trahzh\, noun:
- arbitrage, verb:
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| 21 Jun 2016 | arbiter | - A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them.
- Any person who has the power of judging and determining.
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| 19 Mar | arbiter | 1. A person appointed or chosen to judge or decide a dispute.
2. Any person who has the power of judging and determining.
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| 21 Feb | appurtenance | 1. An adjunct; an accessory; something added to another, more important thing.
2. [Plural]. Accessory objects; gear; apparatus.
3. [Law]. An incidental right attached to a principal property right for purposes such as passage of title, conveyance, or inheritance.
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| 14 May 2014 | appurtenance | - An adjunct; an accessory; something added to another, more important thing.
- [Plural]. Accessory objects; gear; apparatus.
- [Law]. An incidental right attached to a principal property right for purposes such as passage of title, conveyance, or inheritance.
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| 17 Jul 2016 | approbation | - The act of approving; formal or official approval.
- Praise; commendation.
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| 1 Dec 2015 | apprise | -
To give notice to; to inform; -- often followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done.
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| 7 Oct 2017 | apposite | - Being of striking appropriateness and relevance; very applicable; apt.
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| 1 Mar 2014 | apposite | -
Being of striking appropriateness and relevance; very applicable; apt.
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| 19 Jan 2016 | appellation | - The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation.
- The act of naming.
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| 22 Sep 2015 | apparition | - A ghost; a specter; a phantom.
- The thing appearing; the sudden or unexpected appearance of something or somebody.
- The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
- (Astronomy) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation.
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| 26 Apr 2017 | apparition | - 1. A ghost; a specter; a phantom.
2. The thing appearing; the sudden or unexpected appearance of something or somebody.
3. The act of becoming visible; appearance.
4. (Astronomy) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation.
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| 15 Apr | apotheosis | 1. Elevation to divine rank or stature; deification.
2. An exalted or glorified example; a model of excellence or perfection of a kind.
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| 24 Feb 2016 | apotheosis | - Elevation to divine rank or stature; deification.
- An exalted or glorified example; a model of excellence or perfection of a kind.
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| 7 Dec 2017 | apothegm | A short, witty, and instructive saying.
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| 19 Jun 2015 | apothegm | -
A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.
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| 6 Jun 2014 | apostasy | -
Total desertion or departure from one's faith, principles, or party.
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| 22 Jan 2016 | apologia | -
A formal defense or justification, especially of one's opinions, position, or actions.
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| 27 Dec 2013 | apogee | - The point in the orbit of the moon or of an artificial satellite that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth.
- The farthest or highest point; culmination.
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| 27 Dec 2016 | apocryphal | - (Bible) Pertaining to the Apocrypha.
- Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority or authenticity; spurious; false.
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| 25 Aug 2017 | aplomb | - Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession; confidence; coolness.
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| 4 Jul 2014 | aplomb | - Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession; confidence; coolness.
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| 6 Apr 2017 | antiquarian | - Of or pertaining to antiquarians or objects or relics from the past.
- Dealing in or concerned with old or rare books.
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| 6 Jan 2015 | antediluvian | -
1: of or relating to the period before the Biblical flood
2: so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; as, ``antediluvian ideas''
--noun:
1: one who lived before the Deluge
2: a very old (or old-fashioned) person
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| 22 Jul 2014 | anodyne | - Serving to relieve pain; soothing.
- Not likely to offend; bland; innocuous.
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| 30 Aug 2017 | anodyne | - 1. Serving to relieve pain; soothing.
2. Not likely to offend; bland; innocuous.
noun:
1. A medicine that relieves pain.
2. Anything that calms, comforts, or soothes disturbed feelings.
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| 7 Sep 2015 | animus | - Basic attitude or animating spirit; disposition; intention.
- A feeling of ill will; animosity.
- In Jungian psychology, the inner masculine part of the female personality [cf. anima].
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| 24 Feb 2015 | animadversion | - Harsh criticism or disapproval.
- Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame.
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| 9 Jan 2017 | ancillary | - Subordinate; subsidiary.
- Auxiliary; helping.
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| 8 Jun 2015 | anathema | - A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by
ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence:
Denunciation of anything as accursed.
- An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
- Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.
- Any person or thing that is intensely disliked.
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| 19 Sep 2015 | amity | -
Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding.
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| 9 Jul 2016 | amicable | -
Characterized by friendliness and good will; friendly; peaceable.
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| 17 Apr 2017 | ameliorate | - 1. To make better; to improve.
intransitive verb:
1. To grow better.
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| 21 Apr 2014 | ameliorate | -
To make better; to improve.
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| 16 Feb 2017 | ambuscade | |
| 19 Dec 2016 | ambit | - Circuit or compass.
- The boundaries or limits of a district or place.
- An area in which something acts, operates, or has power or control; extent; sphere; scope.
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| 10 Apr 2017 | amative | -
Pertaining to or disposed to love, especially sexual love; full of love; amorous.
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