Word of the Day
Definition: (verb) Become gelatinous. Synonyms: jell, set. Usage: We waited patiently for the jello to congeal before cutting it into fun shapes with cookie cutters. Discuss
Definition: (noun) The act or an instance of making a conscious choice or decision. Synonyms: willing. Usage: Without volition I leaned toward her, as a tree is swayed by the wind. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Difficult to understand. Synonyms: deep, recondite. Usage: The professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them. Discuss
Definition: (noun) The quality of being incapable of mutation. Synonyms: immutability. Usage: Darwin challenged the fixity of species with his theory of evolution. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication. Synonyms: ignorant, nescient, unlearned. Usage: On points where the learned have, in purity of heart, been compelled to differ, the unlettered will necessarily be at variance. Discuss
Definition: (adverb) In a miserly manner. Synonyms: humbly. Usage: They lived meanly and without ostentation. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Short and thick; stocky. Synonyms: low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy, dumpy. Usage: But there was a trio involved in this remarkable friendship, and the third was short, and fat, and chunky, and lazy, and, loath to say, it was I. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation. Synonyms: conversational. Usage: She wrote her essays in a colloquial style that the teacher strongly criticized. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Not contrived for effect; natural. Synonyms: uncontrived. Usage: She walked with an unstudied grace that the other models envied and imitated. Discuss
Definition: (noun) The boundary line of a figure, area, or object. Synonyms: circuit. Usage: He had walked the full circumference of his land, repairing his fence along the way. Discuss