Word for Today :
pertinacious
adjective | per-tuh-NAY-shus
Definition
1
a : adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design
b : perversely persistent
2 : stubbornly tenacious
Word for Today :
pertinacious
adjective | per-tuh-NAY-shus
Definition
1
a : adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design
b : perversely persistent
2 : stubbornly tenacious
Word for Today :
shill
verb | SHIL
Definition
1 : to act as a decoy especially for a gambler or pitchman
2 : to act as a spokesperson or promoter
Word for Today :
mythomania
noun | mith-uh-MAY-nee-uh
Definition : an excessive or abnormal propensity for lying and exaggerating
Word for Today :
usurp
verb | yoo-SERP
Definition
1
a : to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right
b : to take or make use of without right
2 : to take the place of by or as if by force : supplant
Word for Today :
benefic
adjective | buh-NEF-ik
Definition : producing good or helpful results or effects : beneficent
Word for Today :
kiln
noun | KILN
Definition : an oven, furnace, or heated enclosure used for processing a substance by burning, firing, or drying
Word for Today :
futile
adjective | FYOO-tul
Definition
1 : serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective
2 : occupied with trifles : frivolous
Word for Today :
homologate
verb | hoh-MAH-luh-gayt
Definition : sanction, allow; especially : to approve or confirm officially
Word for Today :
obverse
noun | AHB-verss
Definition
1 : the side of a coin or currency note bearing the chief device and lettering; broadly : a front or principal surface
2 : a counterpart having the opposite orientation or force; also : opposite
3 : a proposition inferred immediately from another by denying the opposite of what the given proposition affirms
Word for Today :
quotidian
adjective | kwoh-TID-ee-un
Definition
1 : occurring every day
2
a : belonging to each day : everyday
b : commonplace, ordinary