Word of the day!

Submissions: Open

[daily-cool-words]

Information

Exactly as it sounds like. This is a blog for cool words I find, which will be posted daily. That's it, that's all.

Always open to hearing new words so suggestions are open!

Run by an exhausted English major <3

Previously Posted Words

A:

Aberrant

Abeyance

Abjure

Abraded

Acerbic

Acumen

Adroit

Adulterate

Alacrity

Alight

Amain

Amorphous

Anathema

Anemoia

Antipathy

Aplomb

Apocryphal

Apoplectic

Aposematic

Apostate

Apportion

Ardor

Asinine

Assuaged

Atavistic

Auspices

Austere

Austerity

Avarice

Avowal

B:

Beatific

Bereft

Besotted

Blight

Brio

Bucolic

Bulwark

C:

Caitiff

Calamitous

Capitulate

Caustic

Censure

Chthonic

Circuitous

Clandestine

Clangorous

Clemency

Clinch

Coalesce

Cognate

Coign

Comingle

Commandeer

Compunction

Conciliatory

Concordance

Conscientious

Consolidate

Constituencies

Contiguous

Contrite

Copse

Cosset

Countenance

Curlicued

Curmudgeon

D:

Debility

Decadent

Deleterious

Delineate

Deluge

Denigrate

Despoil

Despotic

Deterge

Diaphanous

Diaristic

Diatribe

Dichotomous

Dilatory

Dilemma

Disapprobation

Dissident

Dotage

Duplicitous

E:

Ebullient

Eddy

Edict

Effrontery

Egress

Elated

Elucidate

Enervation

Ensconced

Environs

Envisage

Equidistant

Ersatz

Esoteric

Espouse

Execrate

Exigency

Exonerate

Expectorate

Expostulation

Extemporaneous

Extraneous

Exuberant

F:

Facile

Farcical

Fatuous

Fervent

Fractious

Frowzy

Fugacious

G:

Gamut

Garrulous

Germane

Glut

Grandiloquent

H:

Hagiography

I:

Idyllic

Immolate

Immured

Impecunious

Impetuous

Impetus

Importune

Impudent

Incensed

Indigent

Ineffable

Inexorable

Infinitesimal

Ingratiate

Inimical

Iniquity

Internecine

Interspersed

Inured

Inveterate

Irascible

Iterative

K:

Ken

L:

Lassitude

Laudatory

Lecherous

Loquacious

M:

Machinations

Mantic

Maudlin

Maven

Mercurial

Mete

Mettle

Miry

Mote

Motif

N:

Neophyte

Nexus

O:

Obdurate

Obfuscate

Obsequious

Opulent

Ostensible

Ostentation

P:

Palatial

Paucity

Paunch

Perambulate

Perfidious

Pernicious

Persiflage

Pertinent

Pettish

Phantasmagoric

Pilloried

Polysemic

Ponderous

Pontificate

Porcine

Portend

Predilection

Preponderance

Prevaricate

Profuse

Propensity

Prorate

Prostrate

Provident

Puerile

Punctilios

Punctiliousness

Putative

Q:

Querulous

Quiescent

Quotidian

R:

Rapacious

Realia

Recalcitrant

Recourse

Recrimination

Redolent

Relitigate

Remediate

Remonstrate

Rend

Renege

Replete

Repudiate

Resplendent

Reticent

Retinue

Ribald

Rigmarole

Riposte

Rote

S:

Saccharine

Salient

Salubrious

Sanctimonious

Scrupulous

Serendipity

Shirk

Simulacrum

Sojourn

Sordid

Spate

Staid

Stalwart

Stolid

Subservient

Symposium

T:

Temerity

Torpid

Torrid

Truculent

Truncated

Tumultuous

U:

Ubiquity

Umbrage

Unctuous

Untenable

V:

Vacuous

Venerable

Venereal

Verbiage

Vestal

Virile

Virtuoso

Virulent

Viscid

Vista

W:

Wrest

Z:

Zenith

[daily-cool-words]

Today's word of the day is...

Denouement

[Noun]

Definition: The final part of a play, film, or narrative in which the strands of the plot come together and everything is resolved.

Example Sentence: The denouement of the book was an especially good part.

[daily-cool-words]

Today's word of the day is...

Desiccation

[Noun]

Definition: The removal of moisture from something.

Example Sentence: The desiccation of the wetlands put the turtles at risk.

[daily-cool-words]

Today's word of the day is...

Disparate

[Adjective]

Definition: Essentially different in kind, incomparable.

Example Sentence: Two and Hailey had disparate definitions of the word "trust".

[daily-cool-words]

Today's word of the day is...

Nascent

[Adjective]

Definition: Just beginning to exist or develop.

Example Sentence: Huey was interested in the nascent company.

[daily-cool-words]

Today's word of the day is...

Dearth

[Noun]

Definition: A scarcity or lack of something.

Example Sentence: Though James spent hours looking, there was a dearth of Ronald McDonald smut on AO3.

[daily-cool-words]

Today's word of the day is...

Predilection

[Noun]

Definition: A preference or special liking for something.

Example Sentence: Jane had a predilection for sweet-smelling perfumes.

[daily-cool-words]

Today's word of the day is...

Querulous

[Adjective]

Definition: Complaining in a petulant or whiny manner.

Example Sentence: When she got tired, Jayce could be quite querulous.

[daily-cool-words]

Today's word of the day is...

Egress

[Verb]

Definition: Leave a place.

Example Sentence: To egress the area, they had to follow the path.

[daily-cool-words]

Today's word of the day is...

Clemency

[Noun]

Definition: Mercy, lenience.

Example Sentence: Though the judge was harsh, she was also known for her clemency.

[daily-cool-words]

Today's word of the day is...

Dilatory

[Adjective]

Definition: Slow to act.

Example Sentence: Jacques was dilatory when it came to making the decision.

[daily-cool-words]

Today's word of the day is...

Opulent

[Adjective]

Definition: Rich in a pretentious way, luxurious or lavish.

Example Sentence: Jonah admired the archways of the opulent manor.

[daily-cool-words]

Today's word of the day is...

Vista

[Noun]

Definition: A pleasing view, especially one seen through a long, narrow opening.

Example Sentence: Looking down from the tower, Arnold took in the vista.

[daily-cool-words]

Today's word of the day is...

Prorate

[Verb]

Definition: Allocate, distribute, or assess proportionally

Example Sentence: Ansel decided to prorate her inheritance among her three children.

[daily-cool-words]

Today's word of the day is...

Clinch

[Verb]

Definition: Confirm or settle (a contract or deal).

Example Sentence: The two attorneys shook hands to clinch the deal.

[daily-cool-words]

Today's word of the day is...

Quotidian

[Adjective]

Definition: Ordinary or everyday, mundane.

Example Sentence: Though the traffic may be annoying, it was a quotidian detail in John's life.

[daily-cool-words]

Today's word of the day is...

Brio

[Noun]

Definition: Vigor or vivacity of style or performance.

Example Sentence: June spoke with brio as she told her tale.