Word of the Day Archive
January 2011
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- plenipotentiary: invested with full power.
- nostrum: a questionable remedy.
- descry: to catch sight of; to detect.
- exculpate: to clear from alleged fault or guilt.
- prevaricate: to depart from or evade the truth.
- chatoyant: changing in luster or color.
- katzenjammer: the discomfort and illness experienced as the aftereffects of excessive drinking; hangover.
- sockdolager: a decisive blow or remark.
- byzantine: complex or intricate.
- lickerish: fond of and eager for choice food.
- autoschediastical: something that is improvised or extemporized.
- mansuetude: mildness; gentleness.
- creolize: to combine local and foreign elements into a new, distinct whole.
- klatsch: a casual gathering of people, esp. for refreshments and informal conversation
- felicitate: to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
- spirituel: showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.
- offal: the edible internal parts of an animal, such as the heart, liver, and tongue.
- concupiscible: worthy of being desired.
- fain: gladly; willingly.
- grangerize: to add to the visual content of a book by inserting images not included in the original volume, often by mutilating other books.
- totemic: pertaining to an object or natural phenomenon with which a family or group considers itself closely related.
- lollop: to move forward with a bounding or leaping motion.
- homograph: a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning, whether pronounced the same way or not.
- paphian: of or pertaining to love, esp. illicit physical love.
- dharna: the practice of exacting justice by sitting at the doorstep of an offender until the demand is granted.
- gung-ho: wholeheartedly enthusiastic and loyal.
- jobbery: the conduct of public or official business for the sake of improper private gain.
- rakish: smart; jaunty; dashing.
- cacoethes: an irresistible urge; mania.
- vulpine: cunning or crafty.
- thimblerig: to cheat or swindle, as in the traditional shell game known as thimblerig.
