Word of the Day

December 07, 2022

lachrymose

play

tending to cause tears or tending to cry often

December 06, 2022

solace

play

a source of comfort

December 05, 2022

abdicate

play

to give up a position of power

December 04, 2022

celerity

play

swiftness of motion or action

December 03, 2022

perceptible

play

able to be seen or noticed

December 02, 2022

gloaming

play

twilight or dusk

December 01, 2022

sandbag

play

to stun, criticize, or treat unfairly

November 30, 2022

quiddity

play

the essence of something

November 29, 2022

motley

play

made up of many different people or things

November 28, 2022

wheedle

play

to use flattery in order to persuade or receive something

December 2022

Dec 01

sandbag
Dec 02

gloaming
Dec 03

perceptible
Dec 04

celerity
Dec 05

abdicate
Dec 06

solace
Dec 07

lachrymose

November 2022

Nov 01

sallow
Nov 02

fustigate
Nov 03

rapscallion
Nov 04

catercorner
Nov 05

abandon
Nov 06

gauche
Nov 07

serendipity
Nov 08

encapsulate
Nov 09

bilious
Nov 10

lapidary
Nov 11

doughty
Nov 12

intoxicate
Nov 13

crucible
Nov 14

magnanimous
Nov 15

augur
Nov 16

hummock
Nov 17

nugatory
Nov 18

farce
Nov 19

pell-mell
Nov 20

extirpate
Nov 21

temerity
Nov 22

leonine
Nov 23

vamoose
Nov 24

cornucopia
Nov 25

jejune
Nov 26

sustain
Nov 27

onomatopoeia
Nov 28

wheedle
Nov 29

motley
Nov 30

quiddity

October 2022

Oct 01

critique
Oct 02

emblazon
Oct 03

languid
Oct 04

onus
Oct 05

atone
Oct 06

gargantuan
Oct 07

proffer
Oct 08

spiel
Oct 09

avuncular
Oct 10

bombinate
Oct 11

mnemonic
Oct 12

rabble
Oct 13

decorous
Oct 14

transmogrify
Oct 15

cadence
Oct 16

frenetic
Oct 17

hyperbole
Oct 18

bespoke
Oct 19

writhe
Oct 20

interlocutor
Oct 21

cloying
Oct 22

abide
Oct 23

volition
Oct 24

genteel
Oct 25

sepulchre
Oct 26

peculiar
Oct 27

defile
Oct 28

utopia
Oct 29

notorious
Oct 30

scour
Oct 31

lycanthropy

September 2022

Sep 01

umbrage
Sep 02

grandiose
Sep 03

adjure
Sep 04

demeanor
Sep 05

assiduous
Sep 06

panache
Sep 07

conciliate
Sep 08

mawkish
Sep 09

facsimile
Sep 10

obliterate
Sep 11

substantive
Sep 12

invective
Sep 13

titivate
Sep 14

broadside
Sep 15

rancid
Sep 16

coalesce
Sep 17

laconic
Sep 18

exponent
Sep 19

haywire
Sep 20

verdigris
Sep 21

perspicacious
Sep 22

defer
Sep 23

misnomer
Sep 24

anthropomorphic
Sep 25

caucus
Sep 26

sporadic
Sep 27

fructify
Sep 28

kerfuffle
Sep 29

ritzy
Sep 30

proselytize

August 2022

Aug 01

frolic
Aug 02

nebulous
Aug 03

patina
Aug 04

brackish
Aug 05

heartstring
Aug 06

adjudicate
Aug 07

eminently
Aug 08

crepuscular
Aug 09

riposte
Aug 10

trivial
Aug 11

alleviate
Aug 12

melancholia
Aug 13

carceral
Aug 14

shard
Aug 15

dilatory
Aug 16

litany
Aug 17

wreak
Aug 18

immutable
Aug 19

charisma
Aug 20

unabashed
Aug 21

epitome
Aug 22

rash
Aug 23

abrogate
Aug 24

glitch
Aug 25

overwhelm
Aug 26

vociferous
Aug 27

sensibility
Aug 28

devolve
Aug 29

jaunty
Aug 30

effulgence
Aug 31

brandish

July 2022

Jul 01

debunk
Jul 02

apposite
Jul 03

teem
Jul 04

Yankee
Jul 05

cantankerous
Jul 06

recidivism
Jul 07

inscrutable
Jul 08

postulate
Jul 09

behemoth
Jul 10

gibbous
Jul 11

carp
Jul 12

eccentric
Jul 13

saga
Jul 14

validate
Jul 15

akimbo
Jul 16

nuance
Jul 17

finicky
Jul 18

sanction
Jul 19

emolument
Jul 20

waggish
Jul 21

iconoclast
Jul 22

muse
Jul 23

conscientious
Jul 24

pathos
Jul 25

extradite
Jul 26

Luddite
Jul 27

apropos
Jul 28

ostentatious
Jul 29

brouhaha
Jul 30

ineffable
Jul 31

menagerie

June 2022

Jun 01

behest
Jun 02

meld
Jun 03

perfunctory
Jun 04

decry
Jun 05

fidelity
Jun 06

sumptuous
Jun 07

vocation
Jun 08

arrogate
Jun 09

evanescent
Jun 10

lout
Jun 11

headlong
Jun 12

burgle
Jun 13

panacea
Jun 14

festoon
Jun 15

credulous
Jun 16

adulation
Jun 17

oblige
Jun 18

redolent
Jun 19

emancipation
Jun 20

garrulous
Jun 21

prescience
Jun 22

quibble
Jun 23

ingenuous
Jun 24

confidant
Jun 25

noisome
Jun 26

culminate
Jun 27

jingoism
Jun 28

fulsome
Jun 29

duress
Jun 30

scintillate

May 2022

May 01

leviathan
May 02

piggyback
May 03

schmooze
May 04

abeyance
May 05

fractious
May 06

mollify
May 07

sagacious
May 08

darling
May 09

orientate
May 10

conclave
May 11

ramshackle
May 12

bloviate
May 13

turpitude
May 14

verdant
May 15

hark back
May 16

epithet
May 17

nonpareil
May 18

indoctrinate
May 19

kibosh
May 20

ad hoc
May 21

paradox
May 22

galumph
May 23

mercurial
May 24

dander
May 25

benevolent
May 26

fetter
May 27

uncanny
May 28

propagate
May 29

junket
May 30

commemorate
May 31

ephemeral

April 2022

Apr 01

predilection
Apr 02

convoluted
Apr 03

exculpate
Apr 04

salient
Apr 05

adversity
Apr 06

grift
Apr 07

druthers
Apr 08

mettlesome
Apr 09

construe
Apr 10

liaison
Apr 11

zoomorphic
Apr 12

funambulism
Apr 13

bemuse
Apr 14

opportune
Apr 15

vanguard
Apr 16

timeless
Apr 17

resurrection
Apr 18

elicit
Apr 19

polyglot
Apr 20

imprimatur
Apr 21

juxtapose
Apr 22

simulacrum
Apr 23

askance
Apr 24

deem
Apr 25

hoary
Apr 26

minion
Apr 27

cerebral
Apr 28

salt junk
Apr 29

flummox
Apr 30

nefarious

March 2022

Mar 01

prosaic
Mar 02

kitsch
Mar 03

slough
Mar 04

askew
Mar 05

fester
Mar 06

milieu
Mar 07

compendious
Mar 08

riddle
Mar 09

besmirch
Mar 10

tempestuous
Mar 11

archetype
Mar 12

uncouth
Mar 13

elucidate
Mar 14

cryptography
Mar 15

gregarious
Mar 16

intersperse
Mar 17

limerick
Mar 18

nascent
Mar 19

wend
Mar 20

largesse
Mar 21

furtive
Mar 22

henchman
Mar 23

ostensible
Mar 24

reciprocate
Mar 25

bastion
Mar 26

specious
Mar 27

impetus
Mar 28

decimate
Mar 29

palatable
Mar 30

chagrin
Mar 31

malleable

February 2022

Feb 01

garble
Feb 02

obsequious
Feb 03

bona fides
Feb 04

jettison
Feb 05

schadenfreude
Feb 06

lugubrious
Feb 07

admonish
Feb 08

disheveled
Feb 09

yen
Feb 10

peremptory
Feb 11

collaborate
Feb 12

reprobate
Feb 13

fastidious
Feb 14

billet-doux
Feb 15

meander
Feb 16

slapdash
Feb 17

echelon
Feb 18

hew
Feb 19

nonchalant
Feb 20

candor
Feb 21

invincible
Feb 22

transpire
Feb 23

parable
Feb 24

utmost
Feb 25

embarrass
Feb 26

wherewithal
Feb 27

arbitrary
Feb 28

founder

January 2022

Jan 01

rejuvenate
Jan 02

captious
Jan 03

palindrome
Jan 04

antithetical
Jan 05

sully
Jan 06

cerulean
Jan 07

voluble
Jan 08

layman
Jan 09

finesse
Jan 10

affable
Jan 11

tome
Jan 12

stir-crazy
Jan 13

meritorious
Jan 14

gloss
Jan 15

euphemism
Jan 16

sanguine
Jan 17

stola
Jan 18

winsome
Jan 19

debilitating
Jan 20

non sequitur
Jan 21

derring-do
Jan 22

opine
Jan 23

juggernaut
Jan 24

intemperate
Jan 25

quip
Jan 26

bamboozle
Jan 27

ziggurat
Jan 28

myopic
Jan 29

career
Jan 30

factoid
Jan 31

homogeneous

December 2021

Dec 01

derrick
Dec 02

smarmy
Dec 03

galvanize
Dec 04

interloper
Dec 05

commodious
Dec 06

fomite
Dec 07

ostracize
Dec 08

milquetoast
Dec 09

rankle
Dec 10

palisade
Dec 11

secular
Dec 12

enigma
Dec 13

beleaguer
Dec 14

flippant
Dec 15

talisman
Dec 16

abrasive
Dec 17

venerate
Dec 18

rationale
Dec 19

congenial
Dec 20

huckster
Dec 21

exasperate
Dec 22

benign
Dec 23

paucity
Dec 24

adventitious
Dec 25

jubilate
Dec 26

Kwanzaa
Dec 27

livid
Dec 28

insinuate
Dec 29

carte blanche
Dec 30

astute
Dec 31

zeitgeist

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Word of the Day

lachrymose

solace

abdicate

celerity

perceptible

gloaming

sandbag

quiddity

motley

wheedle

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