Word of the Day
Definition: (verb) Be born anew in another body after death. Synonyms: reincarnate. Usage: Oh, if our souls could transmigrate I'd be a seamew above all birds that fly. Discuss
Definition: (noun) Concern for your own interests and welfare. Synonyms: self-centeredness, self-concern, self-interest. Usage: As a man advances in life he grows more selfish; egoism develops, and relaxes all the secondary bonds of affection. Discuss
Definition: (verb) Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict. Synonyms: beat, vanquish, crush, shell. Usage: Australia trounced France by sixty points to four. Discuss
Definition: (noun) A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound. Synonyms: spool, reel. Usage: Please thread the bobbin so that I can mend your shirt. Discuss
Definition: (noun) An encroachment, as of a right or privilege. Synonyms: violation. Usage: Before I could prove to them that this proceeding was a gross infringement on the liberties of the British subject, I found myself lodged within the walls of a prison. Discuss
Definition: (verb) Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure. Synonyms: abjure, recant, resile, retract. Usage: "It's rank poison," said he, grasping the bottle by the neck, "and I forswear it! I've given up gambling, and I'll give up this too." Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge. Synonyms: revengeful, vindictive. Usage: The murderer believed he was being haunted by the vengeful ghost of his victim. Discuss
Definition: (noun) A collection of objects laid on top of each other. Synonyms: cumulation, heap, pile, cumulus, agglomerate. Usage: At one point upon the bosom of the Thames there rises a few feet above the water a single, disintegrating mound of masonry. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) (Of soil) soft and watery. Synonyms: boggy, marshy, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged. Usage: Right across the lower part of the bog lay a miry path. Discuss
Definition: (noun) (Law) The reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law. Synonyms: re-sentencing. Usage: The change from consecutive prison sentences to concurrent sentences is a commutation of punishment. Discuss