Word of the Day Archive
November 2012
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- beatitude: supreme blessedness; exalted happiness.
- canonize: to glorify and honor.
- splendiferous: magnificent; fine.
- siesta: a midday or afternoon rest or nap.
- climacteric: a critical period.
- franchise: the right to vote.
- glean: to learn, discover, or find out, usually little by little or slowly.
- quid: a piece of something to be chewed but not swallowed.
- cahoots: in partnership; in league.
- nictitate: to wink.
- armistice: a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties.
- troth: faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty.
- disbosom: to reveal; confess.
- pigeonhole: to assign to a definite place in some orderly system.
- dovetail: to join or fit together compactly or harmoniously.
- bird-dog: to follow, watch carefully, or investigate.
- dog-ear: to fold down the corner of a page in a book.
- terpsichorean: pertaining to dancing.
- ogle: to look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.
- fob: a short chain, usually with a medallion or similar ornament, worn hanging from a pocket.
- giblets: the heart, liver, gizzard, and the like, of a fowl, often cooked separately.
- agape: unselfish love of one person for another without sexual implications.
- balsamaceous: possessing healing or restorative qualities.
- potvaliancy: brave only as a result of being drunk.
- amygdaliform: shaped like an almond.
- fainaigue: to shirk; evade work or responsibility.
- rime: a coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of water droplets.
- svelte: slender, especially gracefully slender in figure.
- biblioklept: a person who steals books.
- trundle: to move or walk with a rolling gait.
