Word of the Day Archive
February 2012
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- doyenne: a woman who is the senior member of a group, class, or profession.
- peroration: a long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language.
- excogitate: to think out; devise; invent.
- caprice: a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
- pied: having patches of two or more colors, as various birds and other animals.
- filiopietistic: pertaining to reverence of forebears or tradition, especially if carried to excess.
- crib: to pilfer or steal, especially to plagiarize.
- piacular: expiatory; atoning; reparatory.
- screed: a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- depone: to testify under oath; depose.
- burled: having small knots that produce a distorted grain in wood.
- auscultation: the act of listening to sounds within the body as a method of diagnosis.
- exoteric: suitable for or communicated to the general public.
- cordate: heart-shaped.
- vilipend: to regard or treat as of little value or account.
- mammonism: the greedy pursuit of riches.
- tramontane: being or situated beyond the mountains.
- pachyderm: a person who is not sensitive to criticism, ridicule, etc.
- spruce: to make neat or dapper (often followed by up).
- morceau: piece; morsel.
- bespeak: to show; indicate.
- ad rem: without digressing; in a straightforward manner.
- plenum: a full assembly, as a joint legislative assembly.
- adamantine: utterly unyielding or firm in attitude or opinion.
- bandy: to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take.
- hircine: of, pertaining to, or resembling a goat.
- flexuous: full of bends or curves; sinuous.
- pettifog: to bicker or quibble over trifles or unimportant matters.
- quadrennial: occurring every four years.
