Word of the Day
Definition: (adjective) Not knowledgeable or skilled; inexperienced. Synonyms: naive. Usage: To an uninitiated onlooker, nothing could have been more ghastly or absurd. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease. Synonyms: pestiferous, plaguey. Usage: I have a notion, and more than a notion, that I shall never pass back alive through these pestilential swamps. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Attracting and holding interest as if by a spell. Synonyms: mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding. Usage: For a moment she tore her gaze from the hypnotic fascination of that awful face and breathed a last prayer to her God. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Without precedent; unparalleled. Synonyms: new. Usage: It was a time of unexampled prosperity, and the once poor family was able to move to a lovely mansion in an affluent neighborhood. Discuss
Definition: (noun) A going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate. Synonyms: overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance. Usage: Four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy and quickly exhaust even the most active, fit adults. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Not suitable to your tastes or needs. Synonyms: incompatible. Usage: I married early, and was happy to find in my wife a disposition not uncongenial with my own. Discuss
Definition: (adverb) From that place; from there. Synonyms: therefrom. Usage: The train went south into Switzerland and thence on to Italy Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Accompanied by bloodshed. Synonyms: butcherly, gory, slaughterous. Usage: A sanguinary encounter seemed daily imminent between the two parties in the streets of Baltimore. Discuss
Definition: (noun) A state of agitation or turbulent change or development. Synonyms: agitation, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest. Usage: In 1789 a ferment arises in Paris; it grows, spreads, and is expressed by a movement of peoples from west to east. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Sharp or biting, as in character or expression. Synonyms: blistering, caustic, acid, vitriolic, acerb, acrid, sulfurous, virulent, bitter. Usage: The comedienne's acerbic wit drew laughs from the crowd, though some found her jokes offensive. Discuss