Word of the Day
Definition: (adjective) Impossible to overcome. Synonyms: insurmountable, unconquerable. Usage: The fact that he had made her an offer, and she had refused him, had placed an insuperable barrier between her and him.
Definition: (noun) Zestful enthusiasm. Synonyms: exuberance. Usage: Once Sam's fever broke, his natural ebullience began to return, and he was soon begging to be allowed outside to play. Discuss
Definition: (noun) Reverent petition to a deity. Synonyms: petition, prayer. Usage: Jehan go every evening to chapel, and sing there an anthem with verse and orison to Madame the glorious Virgin Mary.
Definition: (adjective) Having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air. Synonyms: debonair, jaunty. Usage: If I seem chipper today, it is because I found a $50 bill on my walk to work this morning. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder. Synonyms: trim, well-kept. Usage: Toys were strewn everywhere in the playroom, but we worked together to clean it up and soon had the place shipshape.
Definition: (verb) Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling. Synonyms: skin, clamber, scramble, sputter, struggle. Usage: I had to shinny up the tree to rescue my stranded cat.
Definition: (noun) A person who fusses over trifles. Synonyms: fusspot, worrier, worrywart. Usage: Stop being such a fuss-budget, and just relax and have fun! Discuss
Definition: (noun) A maneuver, stratagem, or ploy, especially one used at an initial stage. Synonyms: tactic, move, policy, scheme, strategy, trick, device, ploy. Usage: They said the plan was no more than a clever political gambit. Discuss
Definition: (verb) To crumble to dust; disintegrate. Synonyms: rot, decompose. Usage: Far better that crows and ravens … should pick my flesh from my bones, than that they should be prisoned in a workhouse coffin and molder in a pauper's grave. Discuss
Definition: (verb) To walk or perform another act while asleep or in a sleeplike condition. Synonyms: sleepwalk. Usage: We had to put special locks on the door to prevent me from unwittingly leaving the house when I somnambulate.