Author: Paul Schleifer
Word of the Day: Volatile
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Words Coach, is volatile. Volatile is an adjective that means several different things: Dictionary.com also has a definition for volatile as a noun, […]
Word of the Day: Harbinger
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Words Coach, is harbinger (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary). Merriam-Webster says that harbinger is a noun that means “something that foreshadows a future event : something that […]
Word of the Day: Rectitude
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Words Coach website, is rectitude (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary). Rectitude is a noun that means “the quality or state of being straight; moral integrity, righteousness; […]
Word of the Day: Peripeteia
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Words Coach, is peripeteia (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary). Peripeteia is a noun that means “sudden or unexpected reversal of circumstances or situation especially in a literary […]
Word of the Day: Limn
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Merriam-Webster, is limn. Limn is a verb with several meanings: It’s pronounced / lɪm /, which means that it is an exact homophone of the […]
Word of the Day: Wizened
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Hardeep Kaur’s “81 Old English Words to Enrich Your Vocabulary” (https://propenglish.com/old-english-words-to-enrich-your-vocabulary/), is wizened. Wizened is the past tense or past participle of the […]
Word of the Day: Voluble
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Merriam-Webster, is voluble. Voluble is an adjective that means “easily rolling or turning” or “characterized by ready or rapid speech” (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voluble). M-W adds, […]
Word of the Day: Levity
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Merriam-Webster, is levity. Levity means “excessive or unseemly frivolity” or “lack of steadiness : changeableness” (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/levity). M-W goes on to add this: Levity […]
Word of the Day: Chagrin
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Merriam-Webster, is chagrin. The word can be used as either a noun or a verb, but the pronunciation is the same in either […]
Word of the Day: Antithetical
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Merriam-Webster, is antithetical. You might ask, “Antithetical to what?” But since I italicized the word, it should be clear that I am talking […]
Word of the Day: Talisman
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Merriam-Webster, is talisman. According to the dictionary, a talisman is “an object (such as a ring or stone) that is believed to have […]
Word of the Day: Mandate
Today’s word of the day is mandate. Mandate can be either an adjective or a verb, like many words in English, except that unlike similar words (produce, conduct), the pronunciation […]