lassitude
If you are feeling lassitude, you're weary and just can't be bothered.
Couch potatoes make lassitude into an art form
Lassitude might sound like latitude, but the two words don't mean the same thing.
Latitude describes the distance of a particular location from the equator. Lassitude is the weariness you'd experience after attempting to run a marathon around the equator. @WordCzar
Lassitude can also describe a lack of interest, like deciding you'd rather lie on your couch than run that marathon along the equator.
If you are feeling lassitude, you're weary and just can't be bothered.
Couch potatoes make lassitude into an art form
Lassitude might sound like latitude, but the two words don't mean the same thing.
Latitude describes the distance of a particular location from the equator. Lassitude is the weariness you'd experience after attempting to run a marathon around the equator. @WordCzar
Lassitude can also describe a lack of interest, like deciding you'd rather lie on your couch than run that marathon along the equator.
Repudiate
To repudiate something is to reject it, or to refuse to accept or support it.
If you grow up religious, but repudiate all organized religion as an adult, you might start spending holidays at the movies, or just going to work.
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This verb usually refers to rejecting something that has authority, such as a legal contract, doctrine, or claim.
In connection with debts or other obligations, repudiate is used in the specialized sense "to refuse to recognize or pay."
If referring to a child or a lover, repudiate is used in the sense "to disown, cast off." This verb is derived from Latin repudiare "to put away, divorce."
To repudiate something is to reject it, or to refuse to accept or support it.
If you grow up religious, but repudiate all organized religion as an adult, you might start spending holidays at the movies, or just going to work.
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This verb usually refers to rejecting something that has authority, such as a legal contract, doctrine, or claim.
In connection with debts or other obligations, repudiate is used in the specialized sense "to refuse to recognize or pay."
If referring to a child or a lover, repudiate is used in the sense "to disown, cast off." This verb is derived from Latin repudiare "to put away, divorce."
Inchoate
Inchoate means just beginning to form.
You can have an inchoate idea, like the earliest flickers of images for your masterpiece, or an inchoate feeling, like your inchoate sense of annoyance toward your sister's new talking parrot.
It comes from a Latin word for beginning. @WordCzar
When something is inchoate, although you don’t yet understand what it is fully, you have a strong sense that it is indeed coming.
It’s stronger than the wisp of an idea that never turns into anything. But it’s hard to really find the language to describe an inchoate idea. That’s the whole point: you don’t have the words for it yet!
Inchoate means just beginning to form.
You can have an inchoate idea, like the earliest flickers of images for your masterpiece, or an inchoate feeling, like your inchoate sense of annoyance toward your sister's new talking parrot.
It comes from a Latin word for beginning. @WordCzar
When something is inchoate, although you don’t yet understand what it is fully, you have a strong sense that it is indeed coming.
It’s stronger than the wisp of an idea that never turns into anything. But it’s hard to really find the language to describe an inchoate idea. That’s the whole point: you don’t have the words for it yet!
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Malingerer
Have you ever pretended to be sick or hurt to get out of taking a test or doing a chore?
Then you, my dear, are a malingerer, and should be ashamed of yourself. Shape up! @WordCzar
Knowing that the prefix mal is from the Latin for “bad,” we can tell right off that being a malingerer is not a good thing.
This noun form of the verb malinger comes from the French malingre which means “sickly.” (Obviously, it’s bad to pretend to be sick.)
In Jack London’s Call of the Wild, the new dog, Pike, is referred to as “a clever malingererand thief,” giving a clear negative context to the word.
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Have you ever pretended to be sick or hurt to get out of taking a test or doing a chore?
Then you, my dear, are a malingerer, and should be ashamed of yourself. Shape up! @WordCzar
Knowing that the prefix mal is from the Latin for “bad,” we can tell right off that being a malingerer is not a good thing.
This noun form of the verb malinger comes from the French malingre which means “sickly.” (Obviously, it’s bad to pretend to be sick.)
In Jack London’s Call of the Wild, the new dog, Pike, is referred to as “a clever malingererand thief,” giving a clear negative context to the word.
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Effrontery
If you rudely behave as if you have a right to something that you have no right to, you're committing effrontery.
When a couple stroll into a crowded restaurant, demand the best table, and threaten the staff unless they're seated right away, that's effrontery.
People have been guilty of outrageously self-centered behavior at least since 1715, when effrontery was coined.
Tracing to the French word effronté, meaning "shameless," the word effrontery is also connected to brazen, which means "of brass," and describes someone so accustomed to effrontery that he's hardened to it and has no concern for the harm done to others
If you rudely behave as if you have a right to something that you have no right to, you're committing effrontery.
When a couple stroll into a crowded restaurant, demand the best table, and threaten the staff unless they're seated right away, that's effrontery.
People have been guilty of outrageously self-centered behavior at least since 1715, when effrontery was coined.
Tracing to the French word effronté, meaning "shameless," the word effrontery is also connected to brazen, which means "of brass," and describes someone so accustomed to effrontery that he's hardened to it and has no concern for the harm done to others
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Craven
A craven man is no Superman or Spiderman, nor is he a firefighter or a soldier.
A craven man is the opposite of those guys: he has not an ounce of courage.
In "The Wizard of Oz," the Cowardly Lion could have been called the Cravenly Lion, but that didn't sound quite right.
Use cravenas you would cowardly.
A craven leader is scared to lead, while a craven gymnast stays on the mat and avoids the balance beam.
You can also use the word to describe other things, besides humans. Craven policies, for example, are probably weak and do not take bold measures.
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A craven man is no Superman or Spiderman, nor is he a firefighter or a soldier.
A craven man is the opposite of those guys: he has not an ounce of courage.
In "The Wizard of Oz," the Cowardly Lion could have been called the Cravenly Lion, but that didn't sound quite right.
Use cravenas you would cowardly.
A craven leader is scared to lead, while a craven gymnast stays on the mat and avoids the balance beam.
You can also use the word to describe other things, besides humans. Craven policies, for example, are probably weak and do not take bold measures.
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Misanthrope
A misanthrope is a person who hates or mistrusts other people.
Your great aunt Edna who lashes out at anyone who approaches, convinced they'll steal the jewelry she keeps in her handbag on her lap? A misanthrope indeed. @WordCzar
This is a formal word, derived from Greek misanthrōpos "hating mankind," from misein" to hate" plus anthrōpos "a man."
From the same root, we get the English word anthropology "the study of humans."
If you make a statement or do something that is particularly hostile or untrusting, you can call that misanthropic.
A misanthrope is a person who hates or mistrusts other people.
Your great aunt Edna who lashes out at anyone who approaches, convinced they'll steal the jewelry she keeps in her handbag on her lap? A misanthrope indeed. @WordCzar
This is a formal word, derived from Greek misanthrōpos "hating mankind," from misein" to hate" plus anthrōpos "a man."
From the same root, we get the English word anthropology "the study of humans."
If you make a statement or do something that is particularly hostile or untrusting, you can call that misanthropic.
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Legion
A legion is a horde or a large number of people or things. It was originally a term for a military unit.
In Roman times, a legion was a large unit of men in the army, and the word is still used in many militaries.
However, it also means a whole bunch of people doing anything. @WordCzar
If someone has many fans, you can say legion of fans or legions of fans, but either way, that's a lot of fans.
There are legions of stars in the sky.
When you see legion, you can be sure there's an awful lot of something
A legion is a horde or a large number of people or things. It was originally a term for a military unit.
In Roman times, a legion was a large unit of men in the army, and the word is still used in many militaries.
However, it also means a whole bunch of people doing anything. @WordCzar
If someone has many fans, you can say legion of fans or legions of fans, but either way, that's a lot of fans.
There are legions of stars in the sky.
When you see legion, you can be sure there's an awful lot of something
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Aver
To aver is to state something or declare something is true.
This verb has a serious tone, so you might aver something on a witness stand or you might aver that you won't back down to a challenge.
The verb aver comes to English via the Latin root words ad, meaning "to," and verus, meaning "true."
The word can have the sense of formally declaring something is true, but it can also mean to report positively: @WordCzar
"The grandmother averred that her granddaughter would make a fine veterinarian because of her love and caring for animals."
To aver is to state something or declare something is true.
This verb has a serious tone, so you might aver something on a witness stand or you might aver that you won't back down to a challenge.
The verb aver comes to English via the Latin root words ad, meaning "to," and verus, meaning "true."
The word can have the sense of formally declaring something is true, but it can also mean to report positively: @WordCzar
"The grandmother averred that her granddaughter would make a fine veterinarian because of her love and caring for animals."
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Implacable
An implacable person just can’t be appeased.
If you really offended your best friend and tried every kind of apology but she refused to speak to you again, you could describe her as implacable.
Implacable is derived from the verb to placate, which means to soothe, or to appease.
If you’re babysitting and the kid starts screaming the moment that his parents leave the house, and nothing you give him, be it a toy or ice cream, can calm him down, he might seem implacable.
But try the TV.
It tends to turn screaming kids into silent, happy zombies.
An implacable person just can’t be appeased.
If you really offended your best friend and tried every kind of apology but she refused to speak to you again, you could describe her as implacable.
Implacable is derived from the verb to placate, which means to soothe, or to appease.
If you’re babysitting and the kid starts screaming the moment that his parents leave the house, and nothing you give him, be it a toy or ice cream, can calm him down, he might seem implacable.
But try the TV.
It tends to turn screaming kids into silent, happy zombies.
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Contention
There is nothing "content," or satisfying, about being in contention, and that's probably because the word contention means being in a competition that ends with one side, usually the winning one, being content.
"And in this corner, the contender" is heard at most boxing matches to describe each of the fighters about to go into contention in the ring.
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Sometimes, though, a contention can be a battle of words or a struggle between two parties over a single point.
The expression "bone of contention" describes a narrow object of disagreement that reaches the level of strife, or contention.
For two hungry dogs, though, the bone of contention might be a serious matter.
There is nothing "content," or satisfying, about being in contention, and that's probably because the word contention means being in a competition that ends with one side, usually the winning one, being content.
"And in this corner, the contender" is heard at most boxing matches to describe each of the fighters about to go into contention in the ring.
@WordCzar
Sometimes, though, a contention can be a battle of words or a struggle between two parties over a single point.
The expression "bone of contention" describes a narrow object of disagreement that reaches the level of strife, or contention.
For two hungry dogs, though, the bone of contention might be a serious matter.
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Cogent
When you make a cogent argument, it means your argument is clear and persuasive.
In these days of 24-hour entertainment news and sound-bite sized explanations of complex government policy, it’s hard to find a cogent argument amidst all the emotional outbursts.
Cogent comes from a Latin word meaning to drive together, so cogent thinking is well-organized: it hangs together.
If you try to convince your mayor to build a new park by saying that playgrounds are good, seeing the sky is nice, and raccoons are cool…well that’s not a cogent argument; it’s just random.
But you could cogently argue that parks contribute to civic happiness by providing space for exercise, community, and encounters with nature.
When you make a cogent argument, it means your argument is clear and persuasive.
In these days of 24-hour entertainment news and sound-bite sized explanations of complex government policy, it’s hard to find a cogent argument amidst all the emotional outbursts.
Cogent comes from a Latin word meaning to drive together, so cogent thinking is well-organized: it hangs together.
If you try to convince your mayor to build a new park by saying that playgrounds are good, seeing the sky is nice, and raccoons are cool…well that’s not a cogent argument; it’s just random.
But you could cogently argue that parks contribute to civic happiness by providing space for exercise, community, and encounters with nature.
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Roster
If you see your name on the roster of players for the new softball team, then congratulations! Better start practicing, because you’re on the list of players who made the team. @WordCzar
The word roster originally meant a list of the names, duties, and schedule of members of the military.
That meaning is still in use, but today, a roster is more likely to be a list of players on your favorite team, a list of artists whose artwork appears regularly in a certain gallery, or a list of participants, such as an airline that posts its roster of flight crew members for the red-eye to Phoenix
If you see your name on the roster of players for the new softball team, then congratulations! Better start practicing, because you’re on the list of players who made the team. @WordCzar
The word roster originally meant a list of the names, duties, and schedule of members of the military.
That meaning is still in use, but today, a roster is more likely to be a list of players on your favorite team, a list of artists whose artwork appears regularly in a certain gallery, or a list of participants, such as an airline that posts its roster of flight crew members for the red-eye to Phoenix
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Imperturbable
If you're imperturbable you are not easily upset. If your goal is to be imperturbable, then you can't let things bother you or get you stressed, confused, or angry
The adjective imperturbable is the flip side of perturbable, which comes from perturb, which in turn traces back to the Latin word perturbare, meaning “to confuse” or “to disturb.” @WordCzar
If something really annoying is going on, like one neighbor is jack-hammering his driveway and another has a dog that's barking while you're trying to sleep because you were up all night studying and you really really need a nap, but you stay calm and don’t get upset, you are imperturbable.
If you're imperturbable you are not easily upset. If your goal is to be imperturbable, then you can't let things bother you or get you stressed, confused, or angry
The adjective imperturbable is the flip side of perturbable, which comes from perturb, which in turn traces back to the Latin word perturbare, meaning “to confuse” or “to disturb.” @WordCzar
If something really annoying is going on, like one neighbor is jack-hammering his driveway and another has a dog that's barking while you're trying to sleep because you were up all night studying and you really really need a nap, but you stay calm and don’t get upset, you are imperturbable.
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Mendicants
People who live off begging can be called mendicants.
However, you probably wouldn't call your kids mendicants, even though they beg you for stuff, because the word mendicant also implies extreme poverty. @WordCzar
The noun mendicant can also refer to a man belonging to a religious order, such as the Franciscan Friars — who do not own personal property but live together in a monastery and survive off alms donated by others.
As an
adjective, mendicant describes someone who lives such an existence.
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People who live off begging can be called mendicants.
However, you probably wouldn't call your kids mendicants, even though they beg you for stuff, because the word mendicant also implies extreme poverty. @WordCzar
The noun mendicant can also refer to a man belonging to a religious order, such as the Franciscan Friars — who do not own personal property but live together in a monastery and survive off alms donated by others.
As an
adjective, mendicant describes someone who lives such an existence.
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Contrite
We are sorry to inform you that the adjective contrite means regretful, remorseful, or even guilty.
Someone who feels remorse or guilt is contrite and in addition to feeling sorry, part of the definition includes wanting to atone for having done something wrong.@WordCzar
The word comes from the Latin roots com- meaning "together" and terere which means "to rub." It's also related to the Latin word conterereand is defined as "to bruise."
In the field of theology being contrite is "being remorseful for past sin and resolved to avoid future sin."
We are sorry to inform you that the adjective contrite means regretful, remorseful, or even guilty.
Someone who feels remorse or guilt is contrite and in addition to feeling sorry, part of the definition includes wanting to atone for having done something wrong.@WordCzar
The word comes from the Latin roots com- meaning "together" and terere which means "to rub." It's also related to the Latin word conterereand is defined as "to bruise."
In the field of theology being contrite is "being remorseful for past sin and resolved to avoid future sin."
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Desultory
If you lack a definite plan or purpose and flit from one thing to another, your actions are desultory.
Some people call such desultory wanderings spontaneous. Others call it "being lost." @WordCzar
The adjective desultory comes from the word desultor, which was a circus rider who would leap from the back of one galloping horse onto another.
From this literal sense of jumping from one thing to another, we get the modern meaning of desultory as jumping between things without a logical purpose.
If you lack a definite plan or purpose and flit from one thing to another, your actions are desultory.
Some people call such desultory wanderings spontaneous. Others call it "being lost." @WordCzar
The adjective desultory comes from the word desultor, which was a circus rider who would leap from the back of one galloping horse onto another.
From this literal sense of jumping from one thing to another, we get the modern meaning of desultory as jumping between things without a logical purpose.
Effrontery
If you rudely behave as if you have a right to something that you have no right to, you're committing effrontery.
When a couple stroll into a crowded restaurant, demand the best table, and threaten the staff unless they're seated right away, that's effrontery.
People have been guilty of outrageously self-centered behavior at least since 1715, when effrontery was coined.
Tracing to the French word effronté, meaning "shameless," the word effrontery is also connected to brazen, which means "of brass," and describes someone so accustomed to effrontery that he's hardened to it and has no concern for the harm done to others.
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If you rudely behave as if you have a right to something that you have no right to, you're committing effrontery.
When a couple stroll into a crowded restaurant, demand the best table, and threaten the staff unless they're seated right away, that's effrontery.
People have been guilty of outrageously self-centered behavior at least since 1715, when effrontery was coined.
Tracing to the French word effronté, meaning "shameless," the word effrontery is also connected to brazen, which means "of brass," and describes someone so accustomed to effrontery that he's hardened to it and has no concern for the harm done to others.
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Bolshie :
Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
Synonyms:Bolshevik, Marxist, bolshy, red
Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
Synonyms:Bolshevik, Marxist, bolshy, red
Distend
A soda and pizza binge might make your stomach distend, meaning your stomach will swell as a result of pressure from the inside.
If you’ve ever eaten too much food it won’t surprise you to learn that the verb distend traces back to the Latin words dis-, meaning “apart,” and tendere, meaning “to stretch.” @WordCzar
Your stomach will certainly feel stretched out if you do something — like overeat — that causes it to distend.
The word distend often applies to stomachs — a pregnancy would also cause a stomach to distend — but it can also refer to anything that is stretched out as a result of internal pressure.
A soda and pizza binge might make your stomach distend, meaning your stomach will swell as a result of pressure from the inside.
If you’ve ever eaten too much food it won’t surprise you to learn that the verb distend traces back to the Latin words dis-, meaning “apart,” and tendere, meaning “to stretch.” @WordCzar
Your stomach will certainly feel stretched out if you do something — like overeat — that causes it to distend.
The word distend often applies to stomachs — a pregnancy would also cause a stomach to distend — but it can also refer to anything that is stretched out as a result of internal pressure.
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Immutable
If you can't change it, it's immutable.
There are many things in life that are immutable; these unchangeable things include death, taxes, and the laws of physics.
The adjective immutable has Latin roots that mean "not changeable."
The Latin prefix for not is in, but the spelling changes when the prefix is put before the consonant m.
It is imbefore a root word starting with m as in immutable. If you learn this rule, you'll know the immutable fact that immutable begins with i-m-m.
If you can't change it, it's immutable.
There are many things in life that are immutable; these unchangeable things include death, taxes, and the laws of physics.
The adjective immutable has Latin roots that mean "not changeable."
The Latin prefix for not is in, but the spelling changes when the prefix is put before the consonant m.
It is imbefore a root word starting with m as in immutable. If you learn this rule, you'll know the immutable fact that immutable begins with i-m-m.