Bad Grammarian Word of the Day

tentative \ adjective \ not certain or fixed; provisional. done without confidence; hesitant.

empathy \ noun \ the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

truculent \ adjective \ eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.

recrimination \ noun \ an accusation in response to one from someone else.

emnity \ noun \ the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.

parody \ noun\ an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.

brazen \ adjective \ bold and without shame

zenith \ noun \ the time at which something is most powerful or successful. the highest point reached by a celestial or other object.

cajole \ verb \ persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery.

jubilant \ adjective \ feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph.

smock \ noun \ a loose garment worn over one’s clothes to protect them

pedagogy \ noun \ the method and practice of teaching especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept.

quirk \ noun \ a peculiar behavioral habit

temperament \ noun \ a person’s or animal’s nature, especially as it permanently affects their behavior

ambivalence \ noun \ the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.