Word of the Day Archive
May 2012

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1. ort: a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
2. kowtow: to act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference.
3. numen: divine power, especially one who inhabits a particular object.
4. fulcrum: the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns.
5. besot: to infatuate; obsess.
6. mensch: a decent, upright, mature, and responsible person.
7. sudorific: causing sweat.
8. pother: a heated discussion, debate, or argument; fuss; to-do.
9. cicatrix: new tissue that forms over a wound.
10. obtest: to supplicate earnestly; beseech.
11. sibilant: hissing.
12. prorogue: to defer; postpone.
13. matrilineal: inheriting or determining descent through the female line.
14. intromit: to introduce; to send, put, or let in.
15. altiloquent: high flown or pretentious (of language).
16. spruik: to make or give a speech, especially extensively; spiel.
17. omphalos: the central point.
18. pip: to peep or chirp.
19. phatic: denoting speech used to create an atmosphere of goodwill.
20. gambit: a remark made to open or redirect a conversation.
21. belabor: to explain, worry about, or work more than is necessary.
22. cumulus: a heap; pile.
23. chrestomathy: a collection of selected literary passages.
24. demiurge: the creator of a world.
25. ingeminate: to repeat; reiterate.
26. betide: to happen to; come to; befall.
27. ventose: given to empty talk; windy.
28. asperse: to sprinkle; bespatter.
29. varlet: a knavish person; rascal.
30. skirr: to go rapidly; fly; scurry.
31. haimish: homey; cozy and unpretentious.