Word of the Day

im·pu·dent

• Improperly forward or bold.

Synonyms: overbold, sassy, saucy, impertinent, smart, wise, fresh.

Usage: Mind your own business, you impudent young rascal, and I’ll mind mine.

Reference

• The Free Dictionary — impudent
• Wordle — Impudent

woe·ful

• Of very poor quality or condition.

Synonyms: execrable, wretched, deplorable, miserable.

Usage: The woeful treatment of prisoners in the camps horrified the human rights workers, and they immediately began lobbying for the captives’ release.

Reference

• The Free Dictionary — woeful

e·cho·ic

• Imitative of natural sounds.

Synonyms: imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic.

Usage: She used echoic words to describe her sleepless night, which was interrupted by the ticktock of her clock and the meowing of stray cats.

Reference

• The Free Dictionary — echoic

unethical

• not conforming to approved standards of social or professional behavior

Reference

• The Free Dictionary — unethical
• Mail & Guardian Online — Shaik ‘caught violating parole’ — again

be·night·ed

• Being in a state of moral or intellectual darkness; unenlightened.

Synonyms: dark.

Usage: They felt it might be a being partially benighted in the vale of ignorance, but it could not be one who would willingly devote his rich natural gifts to the purposes of wanton treachery.

Source

• The Free Dictionary — benighted