Word of the Day

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

cataract: a large waterfall; also, a downpour, a flood.  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

solace: comfort in grief.  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

opprobrium: reproach mingled with contempt.  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

stanch: to stop the flowing of; to check.  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

ostensible: appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.  

[mr1989foster]

DarkElf27

Bah, I get my words from reading. No better way to expand your vocabulary than to simply extrapolate (Theres a word for ya) definitions from the context.

Not always true! Sometimes the word is being used metaphorically and you do not realise. I have tried to use words which I only knew through one context (ie. One usage in one novel) and my family quickly picked up on the misuse. This is a dangerous way to learn words, although if it is used in a variety of contexts you are usually safe enough.  

[Chthonic Catnip]

Shrieks dramatically, "Word of the day?! Where's the word of the day?!?!!"
gonk gonk gonk

 

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

fulsome: offensive from excess of praise.  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

aesthete: one who cultivates great sensitivity to beauty.  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

prescient: knowing or anticipating the outcome of events before they happen.  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

swan song: a final or farewell appearance, action, or pronouncement.  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

recalcitrant: stubbornly resistant to and defiant of authority or restraint.  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

swan song: a final or farewell appearance, action, or pronouncement.  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

bloviate: to speak or write in a pompous manner.  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

privation: the state of being deprived of something.
tutelary: guardian; protecting.