Evan Luton

Word of the Day

Concur

• to accord in opinion; agree

Illustrious

• highly distinguished; renowned; famous

Viand

• an article of food.

Imperative

• absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable

Lenticular

• Of or relating to the lens.

Suspicion

• A feeling or thought that something is possible, likely, or true.

Rectitude

• Morally correct behavior or thinking; righteousness.

Leadership

• The action of leading a group of people or an organization.

Nuncupative

• Declared orally as opposed to in writing.

Envisage

• Contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event.

Surfeit

• An excessive amount of something

Furlong

• An eighth of a mile

Deviate

• Depart from an established course.

Pivot

• The central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates.

Enigmatic

• Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious.

Immure

• Enclose or confine (someone) against their will

Dissociate

• Disconnect or separate

Mawkish

• Sentimental in a feeble or sickly way

Phantasm

• A figment of the imagination

Hobgoblin

• A fearsome mythical creature

Agon

• a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes

Sequacious

• Lacking independence or originality of thought

Spectacle

• A visually striking performance or display

Bugbear

• A cause of obsessive fear, irritation, or loathing.

Electoral Vote

• The Electoral College consists of the popularly elected representatives who formally elect the President and Vice President.

Stem-Winder

• a watch that is wound by turning a knob at the stem

Analytic

• True by virtue of the meaning of the words or concepts used to express it, so that its denial would be a self-contradiction

Biddable

• Strong enough to justify a bid

Eructation

• pouring out fumes or lava

Unwieldy

• Difficult to carry or move because of its size, shape, or weight

Ratiocination

• the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning

Lambaste

• Critisize