Word of the Day

foretell the future using a crystal ball or other reflective object or surface

a cause of obsessive fear, irritation, or loathing

one making usually showy pretenses to knowledge or ability; a fraud; a quack

a stupid person

an ordered formation of players, used to restart play, in which the forwards of a team form up with arms interlocked and heads down, and push forward against a similar group from the opposing side

to move smoothly and unhesitatingly from one state, condition, situation, or element to another

1. to pull up by the roots 2. to destroy totally; exterminate 3. to remove by surgery

spiritual torpor and apathy; ennui

a temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories

1. the point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is furthest from the earth (the opposite of perigee) 2. figurative: the highest point in the development of something; the climax or culmination of something