Definery: Vocabulary Word Game

A definition. Four words. One is right. Then Definery does the thing most word games leave out: it tells you where the word came from. Desultory comes from the Roman circus rider who leapt between moving horses. Halcyon days were once literal: the halcyon was a kingfisher that sailors believed nested on the open sea at midwinter, calming the water while it brooded. This is a vocabulary game for adults. The easy tier is deliberately thin — 93% of the word bank sits at medium or hard, from acquiesce and ephemeral up to abstruse, alacrity and sesquipedalian. It is not a spelling app. HOW IT PLAYS You are shown a definition and four words. Pick the one that matches. Two right answers in a row move you up a difficulty tier and two wrong move you down, so you are never stuck on words you already know. Three modes: Endless — play until you lose three lives. Timed — as many as you can in sixty…