Word of the Day

Definition: (adjective) Constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids). Synonyms: tubelike, tubular, vasiform. Usage: The nurse inserted the cannular needle in my arm and started giving me intravenous fluids. Discuss

Definition: (adjective) Deficient in amount or quality or extent. Synonyms: scrimpy, stingy. Usage: So meager were their trappings that they were practically naked; a fact that was in no way remarkable among the tillers of the fields of Mars. Discuss

Definition: (noun) The floor just above the ground floor of a building. Synonyms: mezzanine. Usage: While waiting for our room to be prepared, we sat down for a cup of coffee in the entresol of the hotel. Discuss

Definition: (verb) Force or drive back. Synonyms: drive back, fight off, rebuff, repel. Usage: The soldiers are armed and prepared to repulse any attack. Discuss

Definition: (verb) Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property. Synonyms: lift. Usage: At the beginning of the semester, the teacher warned her students not to plagiarize their reports because she would find out and fail them. Discuss

Definition: (adjective) Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation. Synonyms: brainish, impetuous, tearaway, hotheaded, impulsive. Usage: This madcap quest of mine, was it not understood between us…to be a fantastic whim, a poetical wild-goose chase, conceived entirely as an excuse for being some time in each other's company? Discuss

Definition: (noun) A point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure. Synonyms: center. Usage: I measured the width of the picture frame and calculated its midpoint so that I could hang it properly on the wall. Discuss

Definition: (noun) A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches. Synonyms: saliva. Usage: Her face…was distorted with passion, and in her tumultuous speech the spittle dribbled over her lips. Discuss

Definition: (verb) Restrain with fetters. Synonyms: shackle. Usage: My foes fettered me hand and foot and imprisoned me in a dank dungeon. Discuss

Definition: (verb) Give in, as to influence or pressure. Synonyms: soften, yield. Usage: At first she wouldn't let them go to the cinema, but in the end she relented. Discuss