ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day June 18, 2025 'jeopardize' verb | JER-er-dyze "to put simething or someone in danger" Background Image: A risk meter pointing to red

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day June 8, 2025 'debilitating' adjective | dih-BILL-uh-tay-ting "causing serious impairment of strength or ability" Background Image: a sick person

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day June 10, 2025 'cataract' minutia noun | muh-NOO-shee-uh "a small or minor detail" Background Image: a person working on a watch

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day June 9, 2025 'eloquent' adjective | EL-uh-kwunt "marked by forceful and fluent expression" Background Image: A person speaking

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day June 4, 2025 'bogus' adjective | BOH-gus "not real or genuine; false or counterfeit" Background Image: A baby with a mustache

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day June 3, 2025 'tutelage' noun | TOO-tuh-lij "the teaching of an individual student by a teacher" Background Image" A tutor giving a high five to a student.

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day June 2, 2025 'Herculean' adjective | her-kyuh-LEE-un "very large, difficult, powerful, etc. Background Image: A person rock climbing

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day May 23, 2025 'fiasco' noun | fee-ASK-oh "a complete failure or disaster" Background Image: a burnt meal

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day May 23, 2025 'interminable' adjective | INTER-muh-nuh-bul "having or seeming to have no end" Background Image: a depressed man at work

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day May 21, 2025 'hapless' adjective | HAP-lus "having no luck" Background Image: A foot about to step on a banana peel

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day May 14, 2025 'scuttlebutt' noun | SCUTT-ul-butt "rumors or gossip" Background Image: Two people whispering

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day May 13, 2025 'apotropaic' adjective | ap-uh-truh-PAY-ik "designed to avert evil" Background Image: ornaments

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day May 12, 2025 'fester' verb | FESS-ter "to become worse as time passes" Background Image: a rotten walnut in a hand

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day May 7, 2025 'bumptious' adjective | BUMP-shus "rudely and often noisily confident or over assertive" Background Image: A man being loud in a meeting

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day May 5, 2025 'plethora' noun | PLETH-uh-ruh "a very large amount or number" Background Image: a bunch of stuffed animals

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day April 30, 2025 'insouciance' noun | in-SOO-see-uns "a relaxed, calm, and unworried state" Background Image: a cat resting

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day April 29, 2025 'furtive' adjective | FER-tiv "done in a quiet and secret way to avoid being noticed" Background Image: a dog eating off a place

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day April 28, 2025 'alacrity' noun | uh-LAK-uh-tee "a quick and cheerful readiness to do something" Background Image: Kids running to recess

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day April 16, 2025 'adversity' noun | ad-VER-suh-tee "a difficult situation or condition" a cat climbing a bunch of ladders

ALT Merriam-Webster Word of the Day April 15, 2025 'pugnacious' adjective | pug-NAY-shus "showing a readiness or desire to fight or argue" Background Image: Two deers butting heads