Word of the Day Archive
December 2012
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- empurple: to color or become purple or purplish.
- alexipharmic: warding off poisoning or infection; antidotal.
- effervescent: high-spirited; vivacious; lively.
- pontificate: to speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner.
- erinaceous: of the hedgehog kind or family.
- quench: to slake, satisfy, or allay as in thirst, desires, or passion.
- howdah: a seat or platform for one or more persons placed on the back of an elephant.
- anopisthograph: a manuscript, parchment, or book having writing on only one side.
- mulligrubs: ill temper; colic; grumpiness.
- moor: to fix firmly; secure.
- cruciverbalist: a designer or aficionado of crossword puzzles.
- adiaphorous: doing neither good nor harm.
- plication: the act or procedure of folding.
- apopemptic: pertaining to leave-taking or departing; valedictory.
- buttress: to give encouragement or support.
- axial: situated in or on the line about which a rotating body turns.
- lagan: anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.
- whinge: to complain; whine.
- echolalia: the imitation by a baby of the vocal sounds produced by others.
- counterblast: an unrestrained and vigorously powerful response to an attacking statement.
- algid: cold; chilly.
- decathect: to withdraw one's feelings from something in anticipation of a future loss.
- douce: sedate; modest; quiet.
- glissade: to perform a sliding or gliding step.
- tidings: news, information, or intelligence.
- avidity: enthusiasm or dedication.
- stridulous: making or having a harsh or grating sound.
- antepenultimate: third from the end.
- fastigiate: rising to a pointed top.
- anthropogenic: caused or produced by humans.
- compotation: an act or instance of drinking or tippling together.
