Word of the Day Archive
December 2004

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1. ne plus ultra: the acme; also, the most profound degree.
2. empyrean: the highest heaven; the heavens; the sky.
3. malversation: misconduct in public office.
4. cadre: a core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed.
5. exhort: to urge strongly.
6. genuflect: to bend the knee, as in worship; also, to grovel.
7. demur: to object; also, to delay.
8. perfervid: ardent; impassioned.
9. solecism: a breach of good manners or etiquette.
10. extemporaneous: composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment.
11. forgo: to do without.
12. raiment: clothing in general; garments.
13. aborning: (while) being produced or born.
14. dulcet: melodious.
15. hoi polloi: the common people; the masses.
16. recherche: exotic; rare; also, affected, pretentious.
17. permeate: to spread or diffuse through.
18. germane: appropriate or fitting; relevant.
19. disconsolate: hopelessly sad; also, saddening; cheerless.
20. languid: lacking vigor or force.
21. etiolate: to blanch or bleach; to make sickly.
22. moil: to labor; to toil; to drudge.
23. exegesis: critical explanation or analysis, especially of a text.
24. cornucopia: the horn of plenty; also, an abundance.
25. benison: blessing; an utterance of good wishes.
26. punctilious: precise; exact in the smallest particulars.
27. brackish: somewhat salty; also, distasteful.
28. raillery: good-humored banter or teasing repartee.
29. sedition: incitement of rebellion against lawful authority.
30. riposte: a quick and effective reply by word or act.
31. tintinnabulation: a tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells.