LANG Word of the Day

FECKLESS (adj.)

ineffective; incompetent; futile

PAUCITY (noun)

smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness

ABSTRUSE (adj.)

difficult to comprehend

DISPARATE (adj.)

distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar

ELICIT (verb)

to draw or bring out of forth; educe; evoke

SUPPOSITION (noun)

something that is assumed; assumption; hypothesis

QUOTIDIAN (adj.)

of no special quality or interest; ordinary; commonplace

INSOUCIANT (adj.)

free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant

INTERMINABLE (adj.)

monotonously or annoyingly protracted or continued; unceasing; incessant

DISCONCERTING (adj.)

disturbing to one’s composure or self-possession; upsetting; discomfiting

TENUOUS (adj.)

lacking a sound basis, as reasoning

SURMISE (adj.)

to conjecture or guess

VERSIMILITUDE (noun)

the appearance or semblance of truth or reality; quality of seeming true

AMELIORATE (verb)

to make or become better more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve

EXACERBATE (verb)

to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of; aggravate

PRECLUDE (verb)

to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible

INDISCRIMINATE (adj.)

not discerning; lacking in care, judgement, selectivity, etc.

CIRCUMVENT (verb)

to go around or bypass

COLLOQUIAL (adj.)

characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal

LATENT (adj.)

present but not visible, apparent, or activated; existing as potential