English word of the day

Definition: (verb) Meet at a point. Synonyms: cross. Usage: These two fences intersect at the creek. Discuss

Definition: (adjective) Unimaginatively conventional. Synonyms: conservative. Usage: Knowing that her unconventional appearance would hold her back in the button-down corporate culture she was about to enter, she reluctantly dyed her magenta hair back to its natural auburn.

Definition: (noun) Restraint of one's emotions, desires, or inclinations; self-control. Synonyms: temperateness. Usage: She little guessed the struggle within my breast, or the effort of self-restraint which held me back.