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- Mon May 27, 2024 9:13 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Punch
- Replies: 0
- Views: 20
Punch
• punch • Pronunciation: pênch • Hear it! Part of Speech: Verb Meaning: 1. To hit, strike, tap. 2. Strike hard with the fist. 3. To penetrate, perforate, puncture, to make a hole in something thin with a tool designed for that purpose. Notes: This punch is unrelated to the drink punch. That punch s...
- Sun May 26, 2024 9:38 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Soldier
- Replies: 0
- Views: 35
Soldier
• soldier • 'Pronunciation: sol -jêr • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. A member of the army or armed forces. 2. An enlistee or noncommissioned officer in an army. 3. A member of a social insect species whose job it is to defend the colony, as 'a soldier ant' or 'bee'. Notes: Today's Good ...
- Sun May 26, 2024 1:41 pm
- Forum: Site News
- Topic: Paleo-European Languages
- Replies: 1
- Views: 73
- Sat May 25, 2024 7:11 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Wiseacre
- Replies: 0
- Views: 35
Wiseacre
• wiseacre • Pronunciation: waiz -ay-kêr • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: A smarty-pants, an upstart know-it-all, especially one who makes insolent conceited wisecracks all the time. Notes: Wiseacre is an oddball word that should have been orphaned long ago. Wags, however, have tried to der...
- Fri May 24, 2024 4:20 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Augur
- Replies: 0
- Views: 34
Augur
• augur • Pronunciation: aw -gêr • Hear it! Part of Speech: Verb Meaning: To foresee, foretell, presage. Notes: The family of today's Good Word includes an adjective, augural , and a noun augury "the process of foretelling the future". It serves without affix as the personal noun: an augu...
- Thu May 23, 2024 10:08 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Parole
- Replies: 2
- Views: 103
Parole
• parole • Pronunciation: pê- rol • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. Early release of a prisoner under conditions which receive continual monitoring. 2. A password for a guard or officer of the day. 3. Word of honor. 4. Language usage, performance of language, linguistic act as opposed to ...
- Thu May 23, 2024 9:59 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Convivial
- Replies: 4
- Views: 131
Convivial
• convivial • Pronunciation: kên- vi -vi-êl • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective Meaning: 1. Friendly, congenial, jovial, enjoying good company. 2. Festive, fond of feasting or banquets and the festive moods at banquets. Notes: Today's Good Word's definition refers to a kind of jovial sociability. ...
- Wed May 22, 2024 5:11 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Icky
- Replies: 0
- Views: 43
Icky
• icky • Pronunciation: ik -ee • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective Meaning: 1. Sickly, sick, ill. 2. Disagreeably sticky. 3. Distasteful, repulsive, highly unpleasant. 4. (Music) Ignorant of swinging jazz, preferring smooth, "sweet" jazz. Notes: Here is a word that we usually leave behin...
- Mon May 20, 2024 10:17 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: BAnQ
- Replies: 5
- Views: 164
- Mon May 20, 2024 10:05 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Relish
- Replies: 1
- Views: 64
Relish
• relish • Pronunciation: re -lish • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun, verb Meaning: 1. (Noun) Liking, zest, exceptional enjoyability, hearty enjoyment of something that pleases our tastes. 2. (Noun) A savory appetizer course of a meal. 3. (US) A spicy condiment of finely chopped pickles. 4. (Verb) To...
- Sun May 19, 2024 10:18 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Invalid
- Replies: 1
- Views: 81
Invalid
• invalid • Pronunciation: in- væ -lid, in -vê-lid • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective; noun, verb Meaning: 1. (Adjective, invalid) Not valid, faulty, unsound, erroneous. 2. (Noun, invalid) A person disabled or incapacitated by illness or injury. 3. (Verb. invalid) To incapacitate or make disabled...
- Sat May 18, 2024 9:47 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Viscous
- Replies: 0
- Views: 37
Viscous
• viscous • Pronunciation: vis -kês • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective Meaning: 1. Thick, mucilaginous, flowing very, very slowly, like molasses; syrupy. 2. Sticky, gooey, viscid. Notes: I was asked to remind us not to confuse today's word with vicious . I'm not sure how anyone could confuse the ...
- Fri May 17, 2024 7:33 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: University
- Replies: 0
- Views: 41
University
• university • Pronunciation: yu-nê- vêr -sê-ti • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. An institution of postsecondary (after high school) education comprising more than one college or school, such as a college of business and a college of arts and sciences, possibly including a medical school...
- Thu May 16, 2024 6:59 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Prominent
- Replies: 0
- Views: 44
Prominent
• prominent • Pronunciation: prah -mê-nênt • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective Meaning: 1. Projecting outward, protuberant, protruding from a surface. 2. Standing out, outstanding, distinguished, leading (figure). 3. Conspicuous, that catches the eye. Notes: The noun from this adjective is promine...
- Wed May 15, 2024 9:46 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Aghast
- Replies: 0
- Views: 54
Aghast
• aghast • Pronunciation: ê- gæst • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective, anomalous Meaning: Shocked, terrified, horrified. Notes: Here is a word more often read than heard in ordinary speech. It is what I called in my erstwhile research an "anomalous" adjective because they are restricted ...