/ word of the day:

“the dictionary is a poem about everything”—Steven Wright

  • /may 12

    • 05.18.2012

      infest verb. To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious. Synonymns: overrun.

    • 05.17.2012

      denude verb. To divest of covering; make bare. Synonymns: strip.

    • 05.16.2012

      lowlife noun. A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible. Synonymns: dirty dog, git, puke, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, bum, crumb, rat.

    • 05.15.2012

      forgo verb. Do without or cease to hold or adhere to. Synonymns: foreswear, waive, dispense with, relinquish.

    • 05.14.2012

      windpipe noun. Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi. Synonymns: trachea.

    • 05.13.2012

      illusionist noun. Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience. Synonymns: conjurer, magician, prestidigitator.

    • 05.12.2012

      nuptial adjective. Of or relating to a wedding. Synonymns: bridal, spousal.

    • 05.11.2012

      groundbreaking adjective. Being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before. Synonymns: innovative.

    • 05.10.2012

      empower verb. Give or delegate power or authority to. Synonymns: authorize.

    • 05.09.2012

      verdure noun. The lush appearance of flourishing vegetation. Synonymns: greenness.

    • 05.08.2012

      pestle noun. against a slab of stone. Synonymns: pounder, muller.

    • 05.07.2012

      anteroom noun. A large entrance or reception room or area. Synonymns: foyer, lobby, vestibule, hall.

    • 05.06.2012

      hookah noun. An oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water. Synonymns: calean, chicha, hubble-bubble, kalian, narghile, shisha, water pipe.

    • 05.05.2012

      immerse verb. fully to. Synonymns: engross, engulf, steep, soak up, absorb, plunge.

    • 05.04.2012

      multitudinous adjective. Too numerous to be counted. Synonymns: innumerable, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumbered, countless, infinite.

    • 05.03.2012

      dewy-eyed adjective. Naive, innocent, or trusting, especially in a romantic or childlike way. Synonymns: childlike, simple.

    • 05.02.2012

      unlooked-for adjective. Not anticipated. Synonymns: out of the blue, unforeseen.

    • 05.01.2012

      sufferable adjective. Capable of being borne though unpleasant. Synonymns: bearable, endurable, supportable.

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