Word Of The Day 1

Front 1

abrogate

Back 1

to annul, abolish by authoritative act; to put an end to, do away with

Hint 1

ab + rogare

Front 2

sycophant

Back 2

A person who seeks favor by flattering people of wealth or influence; a parasite; a toady.

Front 3

vivify

Back 3

To endue with life; to make alive; to animate.
To make more lively or intense.

Hint 3

vivere + facere

Front 4

terminus

Back 4

The finishing point; the end.
A boundary; a border; a limit.
A post or stone marking a boundary.

Front 5

stripling

Back 5

A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad.

Hint 5

stirps, stirpis: offshoot, young twig

Front 6

dissimulate

Back 6

To conceal under a false appearance.

To hide one’s feelings or intentions; to put on a false appearance; to feign; to pretend.

Front 7

fustian

Back 7

A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.
An inflated style of writing or speech; pompous or pretentious language.

adjective:
Pompous; ridiculously inflated; bombastic

Front 8

derogate

Back 8

To deviate from what is expected.
to take away; to detract; -- usually with ‘from’.

To disparage or belittle; to denigrate.

Front 9

neoteric

Back 9

Recent in origin; modern; new.

Hint 9

derives from Greek neoterikos, from neoteros, “younger,” comparative of neos, “young, new.”