Word of the Day Archive
July 2010
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- hunky dory: about as well as one could wish or expect.
- evanescence: a gradual disappearance.
- vespertine: of, pertaining to, or occurring in the evening.
- rataplan: to produce the sound as of the beating of a drum.
- squelch: to put down, or suppress, as with a crushing retort or argument.
- bijou: something small, delicate, and exquisitely wrought.
- gizmo: a mechanical device or part whose name is forgotten or unknown.
- sibylline: prophetic; oracular.
- tantivy: swift; rapid.
- snuff: to extinguish or suppress.
- aeromancy: the prediction of future events from observation of weather conditions.
- subtilize: to make (the mind, senses, etc.) keen or discerning.
- vestigial: relating to a body part that has become small and lost its use.
- spoor: a track or trail, esp. that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- brannigan: a carouse.
- undercast: something viewed from above through another medium, as of clouds viewed from an airplane.
- palladian: pertaining to wisdom, knowledge, or study.
- acedia: sloth.
- philogyny: love of or liking for women (opposite of misogyny.)
- impedimenta: baggage or other things that retard one's progress
- occlude: to shut in, out, or off.
- morganatic: pertaining to a form of marriage where a person of high rank weds someone of lower station without claim to the property of the high-ranking partner.
- fulgurate: to flash or dart like lightning.
- zaftig: full-bodied; well-proportioned.
- don: to put on or dress in.
- potlatch: a ceremony at which gifts are bestowed on the guests in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass.
- nitid: bright; lustrous.
- behemoth: any creature or thing of monstrous size or power.
- busticate: to break into pieces.
- casuistry: specious or deceptive reasoning, esp. in questions of morality.
- blithe: carefree and lighthearted.
