Word of the Day Archive
December 2011
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- altruistic: unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others.
- bobbery: a disturbance or a brawl.
- operose: done with or involving much labor.
- collop: a small slice of meat.
- frondescence: leafage; foliage.
- weald: wooded or uncultivated country.
- boscage: a mass of trees or shrubs.
- copse: a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- bough: a branch of a tree, especially one of the larger or main branches.
- adytum: a sacred place that the public is forbidden to enter; an inner shrine.
- à la mode: in or according to the fashion.
- felonious: wicked; base; villainous.
- cortege: a procession, especially a ceremonial one.
- cleave: to adhere closely; stick; cling.
- veriest: utmost; most complete.
- abrade: to scrape off.
- procellous: stormy, as the sea.
- gangrel: a lanky, loose-jointed person.
- ectype: a reproduction; copy.
- lucent: shining.
- brogue: any strong regional accent.
- calvous: lacking all or most of the hair on the head; bald.
- swaddle: to bind an infant with long, narrow strips of cloth to prevent free movement.
- canticle: a song, poem, or hymn especially of praise.
- hiemal: of or pertaining to winter; wintry.
- solatium: something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss or injury.
- adventive: not native and usually not yet well established, as exotic plants or animals.
- fusty: having a stale smell; moldy; musty.
- interpolation: the act or process of introducing something additional or extraneous between other parts.
- lave: to wash; bathe.
- anamnesis: the recollection or remembrance of the past.
