Daily Word: baffle

baf·fle

(bfl)

tr.v. baf·fled, baf·fling, baf·fles

1. To frustrate or check (a person) as by confusing or perplexing; stymie.

2. To impede the force or movement of.

n.

1. A usually static device that regulates the flow of a fluid or light.

2. A partition that prevents interference between sound waves in a loudspeaker.

Daily Word: transparent

trans·par·ent

–adjective

1. having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen.

2. admitting the passage of light through interstices.

3. so sheer as to permit light to pass through; diaphanous.

Daily Word: nefarious

nefarious

–adjective

extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.

—Synonyms
flagitious, heinous, infamous; vile, atrocious, execrable.

Daily Word: prolific

prolific

–adjective 

1. producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.

2. producing in large quantities or with great frequency; highly productive: a prolific writer.

3. profusely productive or fruitful (often fol. by in or of): a bequest prolific of litigations.

4. characterized by abundant production: a prolific year for tomatoes.

—Synonyms
teeming, fecund, abundant

Daily Word: contrive

contrive

–verb (used with object)

1. to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.

2. to bring about or effect by a plan, scheme, or the like; manage: He contrived to gain their votes.

3. to plot (evil, treachery, etc.).

–verb (used without object)

4. to form designs; plan.

5. to plot.

—Synonyms
1. design, concoct. See prepare. 3. conspire, scheme. 5. connive.

Daily Word: garrulous

garrulous

–adjective

 

1. excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters.

2. wordy or diffuse: a garrulous and boring speech.

—Synonyms
1. prating, babbling. See talkative. 2. verbose, prolix.

Daily Word: blasphemy

blasphemy

–noun,plural-mies. 

1. impious utterance or action concerning god or sacred things.

2. Judaism. 

a. an act of cursing or reviling God.

b. pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton (YHVH) in the original, now forbidden manner instead of using a substitute pronunciation such as Adonai.

3. Theology. the crime of assuming to oneself the rights or qualities of God.

4. irreverent behavior toward anything held sacred, priceless, etc.: He uttered blasphemies against life itself.

—Synonyms
1. profanity, cursing, swearing; sacrilege, impiety.