(1) Gross immorality or injustice; wickedness.
(2) A grossly immoral act; a sin.
Sunday, October 24, 2004
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Friday, October 15, 2004
Engram
A physical alteration thought to occur in living neural tissue in response to stimuli, posited as an explanation for memory.
Saturday, October 09, 2004
Perfidy
(1) Deliberate breach of faith; calculated violation of trust; treachery: “the fink, whose perfidy was equaled only by his gall”
(2) The act or an instance of treachery.
(2) The act or an instance of treachery.
Pabulum
(1) A substance that gives nourishment; food.
(2) Insipid intellectual nourishment: “TV... gobbled up comedy material and spat it out as pabulum”
(2) Insipid intellectual nourishment: “TV... gobbled up comedy material and spat it out as pabulum”
Thursday, October 07, 2004
Pithy
(1) Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief: a pithy comment.
(2) Consisting of or resembling pith.
(2) Consisting of or resembling pith.
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
Coruscate
(1) To give forth flashes of light; sparkled and glitter.
(2) To exhibit sparkling virtuosity.
(2) To exhibit sparkling virtuosity.
Monday, October 04, 2004
Prolix
(1) Tediously prolonged; wordy: editing a prolix manuscript.
(2) Tending to speak or write at excessive length. See Synonyms at wordy.
(2) Tending to speak or write at excessive length. See Synonyms at wordy.
Sunday, October 03, 2004
Teopan
Mexican temple.
Useless knowledge: Teopans was Trey Wright's game-winning word at the 2004 National Scrabble Championship.
Useless knowledge: Teopans was Trey Wright's game-winning word at the 2004 National Scrabble Championship.
Saturday, October 02, 2004
Penurious
(1) Unwilling to spend money; stingy.
(2) Yielding little; barren: a penurious land.
(3) Poverty-stricken; destitute.
(2) Yielding little; barren: a penurious land.
(3) Poverty-stricken; destitute.
Friday, October 01, 2004
Risible
(1) Relating to laughter or used in eliciting laughter.
(2) Eliciting laughter; ludicrous.
(3) Capable of laughing or inclined to laugh.
(2) Eliciting laughter; ludicrous.
(3) Capable of laughing or inclined to laugh.