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1: having little substance or strength : FLIMSY, WEAK EXAMPLE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESThe word tenuous has appeared in158Times articles over the past year, most recently in '' An...

1: of, relating to, or resembling an enigma : MYSTERIOUS EXAMPLE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESThe word enigmatic has appeared in178Times articles over the past year, most recently in ...

AlabamaCITY STAGES Birmingham, June 19-21. This eclectic festival, which invades downtown for three days every summer, is comprised of a seemingly random selection of gospel, hi...

1 : lifted up and carried away 2 : transported with emotion : ENRAPTURED 3 : wholly absorbed : ENGROSSED EXAMPLE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESThe word rapt has appeared in77Times arti...

1: lacking congruity: as a : not harmonious : incompatible b : not conforming : disagreeing c : inconsistent within itself d : lacking propriety : unsuitable EXAMPLE FROM TH...

1: to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : ALLEVIATE 2 : to make quiet : CALM EXAMPLE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESThe word allay has appeared in75Times articles over the past ...

Political revolutions are often closely linked to communication tools. The American Revolution wasnt caused by the proliferation of pamphlets, written to whip colonists into a f...

1 :INFIDEL, HERETIC2 : one who behaves criminally or viciously EXAMPLE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESThe word miscreant has appeared in7Times articles over the past year, most recently...

1 :archaic : SOAK, STEEP 2 :a : to receive into the mind and retain b : to assimilate or take into solution 3 :a : DRINK b : to take in or up EXAMPLE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESThe ...

1 : characterized by an allegation of doubtful value : as a : making usually unjustified or excessive claims (as of value or standing) b : expressive of affected, unwarranted, ...

1: a branch of zoology that deals with insects EXAMPLE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESThe word entomology has appeared in11Times articles over the past year, most recently in '' A Hit i...

1: smallness of number or quantity : SCARCITY EXAMPLE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESThe word paucity has appeared in39Times articles over the past year, most recently in '' A Wholesome...

EVERY time a new justice comes to the Supreme Court, its a different court, Justice Byron R. White liked to say and he was in a position to know, having witnessed the arrival o...

1 : a state of deep distress or misery caused by major misfortune or loss2: a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and sufferingEXAMPLE FROM THE NEW YORK T...

1 : to bring into peril : ENDANGER EXAMPLE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESThe word imperil has appeared in54Times articles over the past year, most recently in '' College in Need Closes...

1 : exciting or deserving hatred or repugnance EXAMPLE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESThe word odious has appeared in41Times articles over the past year, most recently in '' New Video...

Anna Dornhaus is peering into a cardboard nest box only an inch on a side, at a family of 100 or so European rock ants. Known as Temnos, the ants painted in primary colors are...

1 a: a position or proposition that a person (as a candidate for scholastic honors) advances and offers to maintain by argument b: a proposition to be proved or one advanced wit...

1 : having the character of sarcasm (a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain)2 :given to the use of sarcasm : CAUSTIC EXAMPLE FROM THE NEW Y...

1 : lacking liveliness, tang, briskness, or force : flat dull EXAMPLE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESThe word vapid has appeared in34Times articles over the past year, most recently in ...

: traveling from place to place (an itinerant preacher) EXAMPLE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESThe word itinerant has appeared in62Times articles over the past year, most recently in ''...

Every new online search service must face the inevitable question: Is it better than Google?WolframAlpha, a powerful new service that can answer a broad range of queries, has be...

IT was only a year or so ago that the concept of affordable luxury meant a Coach bag, Tiffany bauble or Starbucks latte. Since then, the recession has defined splurging downward...

1 : the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness ; also : boredom2 :a tedious period of time EXAMPLE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESThe word tedium has appeared in54Times article...

1 : simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action2 a : continual fluctuation (as between one thing and i...

IT was only a year or so ago that the concept of affordable luxury meant a Coach bag, Tiffany bauble or Starbucks latte. Since then, the recession has defined splurging downward...

: harsh or insulting words EXAMPLE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESThe word invective has appeared in10Times articles over the past year, most recently in '' Back by Popular Demand '' on...

From May 15, 2009, this is the first post on Lens, the new Times photojournalism blog. As the blog is aesthetically compelling, interactive and frequently updated, republishing ...

1 : of or befitting a slave or a menial position2 : meanly or cravenly submissive : ABJECT EXAMPLE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESThe word servile has appeared in2Times articles over th...

1 : a person despised or rejected by society : OUTCAST EXAMPLE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESThe word pariah has appeared in56Times articles over the past year, most recently in '' Ale...