Word of the Day
Definition: (noun) A heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone. Synonyms: pounder, muller. Usage: Sometimes she might have been seen … kneading poee-poee with terrific vehemence, dashing the stone […]
Definition: (noun) A large entrance or reception room or area. Synonyms: foyer, lobby, vestibule, hall. Usage: The butler had me wait in the anteroom while he went to get the master of the house. Discuss
Definition: (noun) An oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water. Synonyms: calean, chicha, hubble-bubble, kalian, narghile, shisha, water pipe. Usage: Though I constantly lecture him about the dangers of smoking, my Iranian grandfather refuses to get rid of his hookah. Discuss
Definition: (verb) Devote (oneself) fully to. Synonyms: engross, engulf, steep, soak up, absorb, plunge. Usage: I swear I will immerse myself in my studies and improve these poor grades. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Too numerous to be counted. Synonyms: innumerable, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumbered, countless, infinite. Usage: Here, along the lines of multitudinous houses, up one street and down another, he wondered which of them might be occupied by her. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Naive, innocent, or trusting, especially in a romantic or childlike way. Synonyms: childlike, simple. Usage: I knew that if I ever told her the truth about what I had done, she would lose that dewy-eyed innocence that I had worked so hard to preserve. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Not anticipated. Synonyms: out of the blue, unforeseen. Usage: These unlooked-for blows have shaken me terribly, and these strange calamities have quite broken my spirit. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Capable of being borne though unpleasant. Synonyms: bearable, endurable, supportable. Usage: He winced as he felt the bump on his head, but he decided that as long as the pain was sufferable he would attend the dance. Discuss
Definition: (verb) To make better. Synonyms: improve, amend. Usage: I sought to improve her manners and ameliorate her general tone. Discuss
Definition: (verb) Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive. Synonyms: pervert, sophisticate, twist. Usage: Her lawyer had warned her that the prosecutor would convolute her testimony and use it to implicate her in the crime, but it still shocked her to see him do it so […]