Category: ESL

Word of the day aphelion deracinate legerdemain sound emulate bromide histrionic Other words I didn’t know or wasn’t sure about its meaning or pronunciation: perihelion apogee perigee AU uproot befits glistering Phaehon sleight of hand adroitness sleight sly scrapping resonance Thesus milieu bequeath Meiji-era spirit barley rye bromine commonplace tiresome bore hackneyed knack manning inertia…

Word of the day incontrovertible argot parse louche farrago obtain stentorian Other words I didn’t know or wasn’t sure about its meaning or pronunciation: spin-off pronto birdsong ken uptick apprehension twittering arcane golfese quantitative squinting cross-eyed repute dungarees lovestruck gruff brooding mealy spelt fodder medley conquest rink herald byword uncannily churchy gospely zeitgeist Words of…

Word of the day envisage masterful crux fraternize gourmand omnipotent yokel Other words I didn’t know or wasn’t sure about its meaning or pronunciation: barbecue summarily verdict gaslighting whitewashing hijack commonplace communal unwitting PSA heartily satiation gourmet slobbering helpings foodie arrant slickers foppish towsman sturdy bumbling frat alt-rock stripes snobs Words of the week Hombre…

Word of the day whodunit divagate bellwether null harangue conflate stalwart Other words I didn’t know or wasn’t sure about its meaning or pronunciation: pundit dot remake meanders spirited briskly lair deck contempt dues alike loquacious cornerback retort accentuated serviceable twigs sundry beak pliable wedged Words of the week classified Juneteenth Originalist Arbitrary and capricious…

Word of the day capricious advocate gest lissome troubadour vilipend fictitious Other words I didn’t know or wasn’t sure about its meaning or pronunciation: caprice whim shudder hedgehog spine overlord climax stout ballad lithe nimble supple dazed cheapie courtly love folk music mystique damsel charger meister raspy heartland bard contemn dictum feigned in one’s tracks…

Word of the day gamut palmy stiction eolian compunction posture rendition Other words I didn’t know or wasn’t sure about its meaning or pronunciation: lowdown solmization bass staff dead load hard-boiled stick torque stanchions nitride stroke Aeolus sandstone bedforms twinge rut bucks antlers rift rendering stud clam chowder Words of the week Original article festoon…

The words: shaggy-dog xeriscape instigate homonymous longueur empirical assail Other words I didn’t know or wasn’t sure about its meaning or pronunciation: long-drawn-out circumstantial inconsequential punch line crisscrossing waltz mulch xerophilous perennial stalks tubular hummingbirds goad hoodlums dubious underhanded foment designation sack tabbed raider woful hiccups lapses sally quarrelsome infelicitous par citizenry so malarkey debonair

The words: bodacious malapropism exiguous disabuse neoteric cowcatcher preen Other words I didn’t know or wasn’t sure about its meaning or pronunciation: jousting horseback cockney strumming buttocks buttresses scanty petty skimpy obituaries revile newfangled smirk outfitted boxcar mashup lumbered barbs barbules uropygial hatched primping plume unorthodox orthodoxically quinolone arthritis erythematosus

The words: decoupage indomitable aggrandize flotsam pelagic refulgence stymie Other words I didn’t know or wasn’t sure about its meaning or pronunciation: lacquer varnish coach yearning bent castaway seaborne buoy merganser cormorant bait fish school juncture offshore peep faintyhearted burgeoning Poinsettia bracts hue vexing corridor bout crippled communicable variola smoulder fistic stressor

The words: gratuitous politesse collimate lorn quintessence truckle verboten Other words I didn’t know or wasn’t sure about its meaning or pronunciation: legalese abstruse rife pen (verb) bereft shrill expound forebear s’more garner obsequious countrymen pulp sardonic worldly divorcee (pronunciation) illicit plea of yore effects spindly askew ruminant wrought racy alkalies bitumens