Word of the Day Archive
June 2011
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- catarrh: inflammation of a mucous membrane with increased production of mucus.
- intestable: not legally qualified to make a will, as an infant or a lunatic.
- decollete: (of a garment) low-necked.
- foist: to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably.
- pangram: a sentence, verse, etc., that includes all the letters of the alphabet.
- pecksniffian: hypocritically and fervently affecting kindness or high moral principles.
- wiredrawn: finely spun; extremely intricate; minute.
- cater-cousin: an intimate friend.
- lucubrate: to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
- umbra: the invariable or characteristic accompaniment or companion of a person or thing.
- kerf: a cut or incision made by a saw or the like in a piece of wood.
- arroyo: a small steep-sided gulch with a nearly flat floor: usually dry except after heavy rains.
- cosher: to treat with special fondness.
- orison: a prayer.
- crotchet: an odd fancy or whimsical notion.
- brindled: gray or tawny with darker streaks or spots.
- abut: to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border.
- eisegesis: an interpretation that expresses the interpreter's own ideas, bias, or the like, rather than the meaning of the text.
- virilocal: living with or located near a husband's father's family.
- yarely: with quickness or agility.
- pullulate: to exist abundantly; swarm; teem.
- xenogenic: to be completely different from either parent, or from the source of an object's creation.
- jujitsu: the ability to accomplish a task with no apparent effort or resistance.
- sabbatical: any extended period of leave from one's customary work, especially for rest, to acquire new skills, etc.
- torrefy: to subject to fire or intense heat.
- sirocco: any hot, oppressive wind, especially one in the warm sector of a cyclone.
- attenuate: to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value.
- catawampus: off-center; askew; awry.
- aphorism: a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation.
- haw: to utter a sound representing a hesitation or pause in speech.
