Vocabulary Builder

Vocabulary Builder

    Improve Your Writing

  • Boost your vocabulary
  • See words in the context of real sentences
  • Learn by association and by definition
  • Master a new lexicon!

Get Started Below

Vocabulary Word

Word: tantrum

Definition: fit of bad temper; fit of petulance; caprice; Ex. The child went into tantrums.


More Vocab Words

::: ponderous - having great weight; weighty; unwieldy; lacking lightness; dull; Ex. ponderous body/style of writing
::: subservient - behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious; subordinate; N. subservience
::: hurtle - crash; rush; move with great speed; Ex. hurtling runaway train
::: unobtrusive - inconspicuous; not blatant
::: dorsal - relating to the back of an animal; Ex. dorsal fin
::: pseudonym - pen name; fictitious name assumed by an author; ADJ. pseudonymous
::: exude - flow out slowly; discharge (gradually); give forth; N. exudation
::: transpire - (of a fact) become known; be revealed; happen; give off (watery waste matter) through pores
::: imprecation - curse; swearword
::: conformity - harmony; agreement with established rules or customs; similarity; Ex. behave in conformity with; V. conform: be similar; act in agreement; comply; Ex. conform to the rule; CF. conformance