Words of the Day

Question 1

Enormity

Answer 1

(n. )
1. Outrageous or heinous character; atrociousness
2. Something outrageous or heinous, as an offense
3. Greatness of size, scope, extent, or influence; immensity

Question 2

Euphemism

Answer 2

(n. )
1. the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt
2. the expression to be substituted

Question 3

narcissism

Answer 3

(n. )

1. inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity

Question 4

polemic

Answer 4

(n. )
1. A controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
2. a person who argues in opposition to another; controversialist

Question 5

callow

Answer 5

(adv. )

1. immature or inexperienced

Question 6

reproach

Answer 6

(v. )
1. to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure
2. to upbraid
3. to be a cause of blame or discredit to

Question 7

apex

Answer 7

(n. )
1. the tip, point, or vertex; summit
2. climax; peak; acme

Question 8

nadir

Answer 8

(n.)

the lowest point; point of greatest adversity or despair

Question 9

acrimony

Answer 9

(n.)

sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition, etc.

Question 10

adjudicate

Answer 10

(v. )
1. to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence
2. to settle or determine (an issue or dispute) judicially
3. to sit in judgment (usually followed by upon)

Question 11

joust

Answer 11

(n. )
1. a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances
2. this type of combat fought in a highly formalized manner as part of a tournament
3. a personal competition or struggle
(v. )
3. to contend in a joust our tournament
4. to contend, compete, or struggle

Question 12

joist

Answer 12

(n. )
1. any number of small, parallel beams of timber, steel, reinforced concrete, etc., for supporting floors, ceilings, or the like
(v. )
2. to furnish with or fix on joists

Question 13

credulous

Answer 13

(adj. )

1. willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence, gullible

Question 14

credo

Answer 14

(n. )

1. any creed or formula of belief

Question 15

spurious

Answer 15

(adj. )
1. not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit
2. of illegitimate birth; bastard

Question 16

brio

Answer 16

(n. )

1. vigor; vivacity`

Question 17

brusque

Answer 17

(adj. )

1. abrupt in manner; blunt; rough

Question 18

broach

Answer 18

(v. )
1. to enlarge and finish with a broach
2. to mention or suggest for the first time

Question 19

tenet

Answer 19

(n. )
1. any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement

Question 20

ethos

Answer 20

(n. )
1. the character or disposition of a community, group, person, etc.
2. the moral element in dramatic literature that determines a character’s action rather than his or her thought or emotion

Question 21

ennui

Answer 21

(n. )

1. a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom

Question 22

conflate

Answer 22

(v. )

1. to fuse into one entity; merge

Question 23

complicit

Answer 23

(adj. )

1. choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, especially with others; having complicity

Question 24

congruent

Answer 24

(adj. )

1. agreeing; accordant; congruous

Question 25

impetus

Answer 25

(n. )
1. a moving force; impulse; stimulus
2. the momentum of a moving body, especially with reference to the cause of motion

Question 26

innuendo

Answer 26

(n. )

1. an indirect intimation about a person or thing, especially of a disparaging or a derogatory nature

Question 27

discreet

Answer 27

(adj. )
1. judicious in one’s conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect
2. showing prudence and circumspection; decorous
3. modestly unobtrusive;

Question 28

discrete

Answer 28

(adj. )
1. apart or detached from others; separate; distinct
2. consisting of or characterized by distinct or individual parts; discontinuous

Question 29

wither

Answer 29

(v. )
1. to shrivel; fade; decay
2. to lose the freshness of youth, as from age

Question 30

winnow

Answer 30

(v. )

1. to drive or blow away by fanning

Question 31

wheedle

Answer 31

(v. )
1. to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts
2. to persuade (a person) by such words or acts
3. to obtain (something) by artful persuasions

Question 32

fraught

Answer 32

(adj. )

1. filled or laden with

Question 33

foible

Answer 33

(n. )
1. a minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect
2. the weaker part of a sword blade, between the middle and the point

Question 34

fulsome

Answer 34

(adj. )
1. offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive; overdone or gross
2. disgusting; sickening; repulsive
3. excessively or insincerely lavish
4. encompassing all aspects; comprehensive
5. abundant or copious

Question 35

idiom

Answer 35

(n. )
1. an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics
2. a language, dialect, or a style of speaking peculiar to a people
3. a construction or expression of one language whose parts correspond to elements in another language but whose total structure or meaning is not matched in the same way in the second language
4. the peculiar character or genius of a language
5. a distinct style or character, in music, art, etc.

Question 36

colloquial

Answer 36

(adj. )
1. characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal
2. involving or using conversation

Question 37

vernacular

Answer 37

(n. )
1. the native speech or language of a place
2. the language or vocabulary peculiar to a class or profession
3. the plain variety of language in everyday use by ordinary people

Question 38

salient

Answer 38

(adj. )
1. prominent or conspicuous
2. projecting or pointing outward
3. leaping or jumping

Question 39

flummox

Answer 39

(v. )

1. to bewilder; confound; confuse

Question 40

kerfuffle

Answer 40

(n. )

1. a fuss; commotion

Question 41

impute

Answer 41

(v. )

1. to attribute or ascribe

Question 42

impugn

Answer 42

(v. )

1. to challenge as false; cast doubt upon

Question 43

impunity

Answer 43

(n. )
1. exemption from punishment
2. immunity from detrimental effects, as of an action