Word of the Day Archive
June 2012

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1. armamentarium: a fruitful source of devices or materials available or used for an undertaking.
2. bosh: absurd or foolish talk; nonsense.
3. levigate: to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder.
4. histrionics: behavior or speech for effect, as insincere or exaggerated expression of an emotion.
5. apoplectic: intense enough to threaten or cause a stroke.
6. larrup: to beat or thrash.
7. natch: of course; naturally.
8. divulse: to tear away or apart.
9. pochismo: an English word or expression borrowed into Spanish.
10. mignon: small and pretty; delicately pretty.
11. ravelment: entanglement; confusion.
12. fantast: a visionary or dreamer.
13. mewl: to cry, as a baby, young child, or the like; whimper.
14. imponderable: a thing that cannot be precisely determined or measured.
15. cunctation: delay; tardiness.
16. Sardanapalian: excessively luxurious.
17. agnate: a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
18. volant: moving lightly; nimble.
19. pensée: a reflection or thought.
20. noctilucent: visible during the short night of the summer.
21. enchiridion: a handbook; manual.
22. subitize: to perceive at a glance the number of items presented.
23. chockablock: extremely full; crowded; jammed.
24. instauration: renewal; restoration; renovation; repair.
25. makebate: a person who causes contention or discord.
26. glutch: to swallow.
27. abstergent: cleansing.
28. syndic: a person chosen to represent and transact business for a corporation.
29. agemate: a person of about the same age as another.
30. pilikia: trouble.