Word of the Day

Definition: (noun) A person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies. Synonyms: allayer, reliever. Usage: She indeed veiled her grief and strove to act the comforter to us all. Discuss

Definition: (noun) A long flag; often tapering. Synonyms: waft, streamer. Usage: The boy had fastened a brightly-colored pennant to the front of his bike. Discuss

Definition: (noun) The term during which some position is held. Synonyms: tenure, term of office. Usage: During his incumbency, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted the New Deal to counter the Great Depression. Discuss

Definition: (verb) Expose to radiation. Synonyms: ray. Usage: The government regulators insist that we irradiate farm produce so as to destroy bacteria. Discuss

Definition: (noun) The state of being unsure of something. Synonyms: doubtfulness, dubiousness, uncertainty. Usage: Here, too, he was disappointed; and then all was afloat, in the painful incertitude of doubt and conjecture. Discuss

Definition: (verb) Place in a grave or tomb. Synonyms: inhume, inter, lay to rest, bury. Usage: He was entombed here in this crypt alongside his predecessors. Discuss

Definition: (noun) Someone who educates young people. Synonyms: educator. Usage: My grandfather was a born pedagogue; it gave him great pleasure to impart information. Discuss

Definition: (noun) A person of no influence. Synonyms: nobody, cipher. Usage: After losing the gubernatorial election, she was written off as a political nonentity. Discuss

Definition: (noun) A macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof. Synonyms: oilskin. Usage: It was pouring all day, but thanks to my new slicker, I stayed nice and dry. Discuss

Definition: (noun) The trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern. Synonyms: unconcern, indifference. Usage: He looked about him always, with the cold, easy nonchalance of the man of the world. Discuss