Word of the Day
Definition: (verb) To pay back or compensate (another party) for money spent or losses incurred. Synonyms: refund, repay, remunerate. Usage: As long as my siblings are willing to reimburse me for my expenses, I am happy to go into town on my day off and buy all of the snacks and decorations for the family […]
Definition: (adjective) Having a large belly. Synonyms: abdominous, potbellied. Usage: He was … a plump, paunchy, sturdy-looking fellow. Discuss
Definition: (verb) Avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of. Synonyms: shun. Usage: Unlike many Hollywood starlets, she eschews publicity and does her best to avoid being photographed in public.
Definition: (adjective) Deeply agitated especially from emotion. Synonyms: distraught. Usage: Now that the horror of absolute solitude was upon them, her overwrought nerves gave way, and the reaction came. Discuss
Definition: (noun) Therapeutic exposure to sunlight. Synonyms: insolation. Usage: Heliotherapy has long been used as a treatment for various skin conditions. Discuss
Definition: (noun) The excessive and often meaningless use of words; verbosity. Synonyms: repetition, tautology, redundancy, circumlocution, prolixity, periphrasis, pleonasm. Usage: He is generally a smooth and fluent versifier, but his fluency is his undoing; he wraps up his material in too great a mass of verbiage. Discuss
Definition: (noun) An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others. Synonyms: self-importance. Usage: I confess, too, that I was irritated by the egotism which seemed to demand that every line of my pamphlet should be devoted to his own special doings. Discuss
Definition: (noun) The capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions. Synonyms: judgment. Usage: It was a marvelous effort of perspicacity to discover that I did not love her. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Overly sweet. Synonyms: cloying, saccharine, syrupy. Usage: I enjoyed it as a child, but as an adult I found the candy treacly to the point of being inedible. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Mentally acute or penetratingly discerning. Synonyms: perspicacious. Usage: John's clear-eyed assessment of the company's problems saved it from bankruptcy. Discuss