Dictionary.com Word of the Day for Sunday, October 8, 2006

deprecate \DEP-rih-kayt\, transitive verb:

1. [Archaic] To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer.
2. To disapprove of strongly.
3. To belittle; to depreciate.


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Word of the Day for Saturday, October 7, 2006

gambol \GAM-buhl\, intransitive verb:

1. To dance and skip about in play; to frolic.
2. A skipping or leaping about in frolic.


Word of the Day for Friday, October 6, 2006

privation \pry-VAY-shun\, noun:

1. An act or instance of depriving.
2. The state of being deprived of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need.


Word of the Day for Thursday, October 5, 2006

tutelary \TOO-tuh-lair-ee; TYOO-\, adjective:
Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as, "tutelary goddesses."


Word of the Day for Wednesday, October 4, 2006

bloviate \BLOH-vee-ayt\, intransitive verb:
To speak or write at length in a pompous or boastful manner.


Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 3, 2006

indomitable \in-DOM-ih-tuh-buhl\, adjective:
Incapable of being subdued or overcome; unconquerable.


Word of the Day for Monday, October 2, 2006

recalcitrant \rih-KAL-sih-truhnt\, adjective:
Stubbornly resistant to and defiant of authority or restraint.


Word of the Day for Sunday, October 1, 2006

swan song \SWAHN-SONG\, noun:

1. A beautiful legendary song said to be sung by a dying swan.
2. A final or farewell appearance, action, or pronouncement.