Word of the Day
Definition: (adjective) Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy. Synonyms: divinatory, mantic, vatic. Usage: It was a sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to all sorts of questions about the future. Discuss
Definition: (verb) Tear or be torn violently. Synonyms: pull, rend, rip. Usage: As he rose, a flash of lightning, that seemed to rive the remotest heights of heaven, illumined the darkness. Discuss
Definition: (noun) Nobility of spirit or action; courage. Synonyms: heroism, valor. Usage: Never have I seen such gallantry in the face of danger than I saw today in these young women. Discuss
Definition: (noun) A full supply. Synonyms: plenteousness. Usage: They lived in a region blessed with a plenitude of natural resources. Discuss
Definition: (noun) The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill. Synonyms: education, instruction, pedagogy, teaching. Usage: After reading several books on anthropology, education, and didactics, Alexey Alexandrovitch drew up a plan of education. Discuss
Definition: (verb) To speak or shout derisively; mock. Synonyms: scoff, flout, gibe, barrack. Usage: The crowd jeered at the speaker, and she ran offstage in tears. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth. Synonyms: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy. Usage: His prehensile employers were so stingy that they replaced their workers' annual bonus with a keychain worth less than a dollar. Discuss
Definition: (verb) To complain peevishly or whimperingly. Synonyms: grizzle, yawp, whine. Usage: I refused to do my chores, electing instead to yammer and whine about the injustices of life. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence. Synonyms: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, suppositional. Usage: Theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly suppositious and involve much educated guessing. Discuss
Definition: (noun) Any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water. Synonyms: base. Usage: He dropped a piece of litmus paper into an acid, when it changed instantly to red, and on floating it in an alkali it turned as quickly to blue. […]