Word of the Day Archive
October 2010
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- satori: sudden enlightenment.
- mussitate: to silently move the lips in simulation of audible speech.
- fossick: to search for any object by which to make gain.
- nympholepsy: a frenzy of emotion, as for something unattainable.
- teem: to abound or swarm.
- acta: official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- mana: a generalized, supernatural force, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- wassail: an expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one.
- roborant: restoring strength or vigor; also, a restorative.
- bricolage: construction or something constructed by using whatever materials happen to be available.
- nepenthe: a drug or drink having the power to bring forgetfulness of sorrow or trouble.
- retrograde: having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating.
- apocopate: to omit the final sound or sounds of (a word.)
- hopscotch: to journey quickly and directly from one usually far place to another.
- smithereens: small pieces; bits.
- ineffable: incapable of being expressed.
- fulsome: offensive from excess of praise.
- laconic: using or marked by the use of a minimum of words.
- viand: an article of food, now usually of a choice or delicate kind.
- antediluvian: extremely old.
- coruscate: to emit vivid flashes of light; sparkle; scintillate; gleam.
- crepuscular: pertaining to twilight.
- parse: to analyze.
- slugabed: one who stays in bed until a late hour.
- juju: an object superstitiously believed to embody magical powers.
- eke: to gain or supplement with great effort or difficulty.
- inchoate: partly but not fully in existence or operation.
- kvetch: to complain habitually.
- trepidation: a state of dread or alarm; apprehension.
- caterwaul: to make a harsh cry or screech.
- chicanery: the use of trickery to deceive.
