convoke
(kən-vōk′)
tr.v. convoked, convoking, convokes
[French convoquer, from Old French, from Latin convocāre : com-, com- + vocāre, to call; see wekw– in Indo-European roots.]
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Word of the Day -February 15, 2020
pejorative
[pəˈjôrədiv]
ADJECTIVE
-
expressing contempt or disapproval.“permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term”synonyms:
NOUN
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a word expressing contempt or disapproval.“most of what he said was inflammatory and filled with pejorative.
Word of the Day -February 8, 2020
priggish
[ˈpriɡiSH]
ADJECTIVE
-
self-righteously moralistic and superior.
Word of the Day – February 1, 2020
vituperative
[vīˈt(y)o͞opəˌrādiv, vəˈt(y)o͞op(ə)rədiv]
ADJECTIVE
-
bitter and abusive.“the criticism soon turned into a vituperative attack”synonyms:disparaging · denigratory · belittling · diminishing · slighting · deprecatory · depreciatory · depreciative · detracting · deflating · disrespectful · demeaning · discrediting · dishonoring · critical · pejorative · negative · unfavorable · disapproving ·
Word of the Day – January 25, 2020
obdurate
(ŏb′do͝o-rĭt, -dyo͝o-)
adj.
1. Not changing in response to argument or other influence; obstinate or intractable: “Everyone in the region has been obdurate in water negotiations with everyone else” (Marq de Villiers).
2.
a. Hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; stubbornly impenitent: “obdurate conscience of the old sinner” (Sir Walter Scott).
b. Hardened against feeling; hardhearted: an obdurate miser.
Word of the Day – January 18, 2020
kibosh
(ˈkaɪ bɒʃ, kɪˈbɒʃ)
n. Slang.
nonsense.
Idioms:
put the kibosh on, to put an end to.
[1830–40; of obscure orig.]
Word of the Day – December 21, 2019
aghast
[əˈɡast]
ADJECTIVE
-
filled with horror or shock.“when the news came out they were aghast”synonyms:horrified · appalled · astounded · amazed · dismayed · thunderstruck · stunned · shocked · shell-shocked · in shock · flabbergasted · staggered · taken aback · speechless · awestruck · open-mouthed · wide-eyed · floored · gobsmacked
Word of the Day – December14, 2019
obfuscate
(ˈɒb fəˌskeɪt, ɒbˈfʌs keɪt)
v.t. -cat•ed, -cat•ing.
1. to confuse.
2. to make unclear.
3. to darken.
ob`fus•ca′tion, n.
Word of the Day- November 30, 2019
pell-mell
also pell·mell (pĕl′mĕl′)
adv.
1. In a jumbled, confused manner; helter-skelter.
2. In frantic disorderly haste; headlong: “I went to work pell-mell, blotted several sheets of paper with choice floating thoughts” (Washington Irving).
Word of the Day- November 23, 2019
misanthrope
n
a person who dislikes or distrusts other people or mankind in general
[C17: from Greek mīsanthrōpos, from misos hatred + anthrōpos man]
misanthropic, ˌmisanˈthropical adj
ˌmisanˈthropically adv
misanthropy n
