The daily word (1)

HT24 + VT25

Platitude

A remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful.

Treacly

Overly/Excessively sweet or sentimental.

Antediluvian

To describe something really, really old.

Soporific

Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep.

Nadir

The lowest or most unsuccessful point in a situation.

Taciturn

Reserved or uncommunicative in speech.

Obdurate

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.

Snuggery

A snug cozy room.

Imbroglio

Situation confuse. State of great confusion.

Overweening

Showing excessive confidence or pride. "Overweening ambition."

Credulity

A tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true. "Moneylenders prey upon their credulity and inexperience."

Minutious

Attentive to very small details. “When they had given a new name they conceived of it as a new thing, and described the smallest parts with the most minutious exactness.“ (1879, Samuel Butler, Evolution, Old and New, page 141)

Zephyr

A soft gentle breeze. “So far it has only been a gentle zephyr.“

Inchoate

Just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary. "A still inchoate democracy."

Pugnacious

Eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight. "His public statements became increasingly pugnacious."

Malcontent

A person who is dissatisfied and rebellious. Or dissatisfied and complaining or rebellious. "It was too late to stop the malcontents with a show of force."

Ignominious

Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame. "The party risked ignominious defeat."

Clandestine

Kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit. "She deserved better than these clandestine meetings."

Effulgent

Effulgent comes from the Latin ex meaning "out" and fulgere meaning "to shine". A light that is effulgent, shines out or radiates. A personality that is effulgent radiates warmth and goodness. "On a clear day the sun can be quite effulgent."

Perfunctory

(of an action) carried out without real interest, feeling, or effort. "He gave a perfunctory nod."