Word of the Day
Definition: (noun) Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity. Synonyms: blind. Usage: The manner in which he said this made Ned feel sure that Tom had had other thoughts, and that he had used a little subterfuge in his answer.
Definition: (noun) A tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem. Synonyms: eyestrain. Usage: The jeweler developed asthenopia due to the long hours he spent fitting small clasps on thin chains. Discuss
Definition: (noun) One who has a political appointment in the government. Synonyms: placeseeker. Usage: They viewed the placeman as a colorless bureaucrat.
Definition: (noun) A reappearance of an earlier characteristic. Synonyms: throwback, reversion. Usage: Perhaps some deep-rooted atavism urges the wanderer back to lands which his ancestors left in the dim beginnings of history.
Definition: (noun) The quality or condition of being tortuous; twistedness or crookedness. Synonyms: crookedness, torsion, contortion. Usage: The old tree was enormous, and they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs. Discuss
Definition: (noun) A strong yellow color. Synonyms: lemon yellow, maize, lemon. Usage: His blood may be gamboge yellow with green spots, for all anybody knows.
Definition: (verb) To destroy totally. Synonyms: eradicate, exterminate, uproot. Usage: The tyrant's first order of business upon assuming power was to extirpate the vestiges of political democracy.
Definition: (noun) A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated. Synonyms: criterion, standard, measure. Usage: You appear to me to be the very touchstone of responsibility. Discuss
Definition: (noun) A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink). Synonyms: gastronome, bon vivant, foodie, gourmet. Usage: He fancied himself an epicure and dined out at the finest restaurants every night.
Definition: (adjective) Having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional. Synonyms: indifferent, cold, heavy, dull, stoical, bovine, apathetic, frigid, lymphatic, listless, impassive, stolid, unfeeling, undemonstrative. Usage: No sign of astonishment appeared on Emil's phlegmatic face.