Word of the Day

Friday: Gamut: Noun. The complete range or scope of something. A complete scale of musical notes. The university offered online courses across the gamut of departments.

Saturday: Ambrosia: Noun. Something very please to taste or smell. The food of the Gods. The dessert you served last night was pure ambrosia.

Sunday: Contranym: Noun. A word with two opposite meanings. The conversation went in circles because we were using definitions of several contranyms.

Monday: Transpicuous: Adjective. Transparent, easily understood, lucid. Your argument is well reasoned and transpicuous.

Tuesday: Languid: Adjective. Have very little energy, force or activity. We paddled at a languid pace, in no hurry to arrive at our picnic destination.

Wednesday: Duress: Noun. Refers to force or threats meant to make someone do something. The defense asserts that the defendant’s confession was made under duress.

Thursday: Orrery: Noun. A mechanical model of the solar system, or of just the sun, Earth, and moon, used to represent their relative positions and notions.