Word of the Day Archive
May 2001

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1. sotto voce: spoken low or in an undertone.
2. bailiwick: a person's specific area of knowledge, authority, interest, skill, or work.
3. nonplus: to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
4. inkhorn: affectedly or ostentatiously learned.
5. jocular: given to or characterized by joking.
6. incommunicado: without means or right to communicate.
7. apotheosis: a model of excellence or perfection of a kind.
8. bucolic: rustic; pastoral.
9. limpid: clear; also, serene.
10. solicitous: manifesting, expressing, or full of care or concern.
11. comely: pleasing to the sight.
12. inexorable: unyielding; relentless.
13. nonpareil: having no equal.
14. ossify: to harden or to become bone.
15. commodious: comfortably spacious; roomy.
16. pastiche: a hodgepodge; a potpourri.
17. martinet: a strict disciplinarian.
18. connubial: of or pertaining to marriage.
19. acrimony: bitter, harsh, or biting sharpness.
20. lambaste: to scold sharply; also, to beat.
21. bibelot: a trinket.
22. egress: the act of going out or leaving; exit.
23. propitiate: to appease; to conciliate.
24. stripling: an adolescent youth.
25. peripatetic: walking about or traveling from place to place.
26. abattoir: a slaughterhouse.
27. rivulet: a small stream or brook.
28. obstreperous: noisily and stubbornly defiant; also, boisterous.
29. donnybrook: a brawl or dispute.
30. hoi polloi: the common people; the masses.
31. pervicacious: stubborn; obstinate.