Word of the Day Archive
March 2013
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- leeward: moving toward the quarter toward which the wind blows (opposed to windward).
- mazuma: money.
- panoptic: permitting the viewing of all parts or elements.
- bibelot: a small object of curiosity, beauty, or rarity.
- indite: to compose or write, as a poem.
- rialto: an exchange or mart.
- tertiary: of the third order, rank, stage, formation, etc.; third.
- scupper: to prevent from happening or succeeding; ruin; wreck.
- linchpin: something that holds the various elements of a complicated structure together.
- haberdashery: a retail shop dealing in men's furnishings, as shirts, ties, gloves, socks, and hats.
- shilly-shally: to show indecision or hesitation; be irresolute; vacillate.
- bevel: the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.
- truant: a person who shirks or neglects his or her duty.
- madcap: wildly or heedlessly impulsive; reckless; rash.
- furl: to gather into a compact roll and bind securely.
- prolepsis: the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- sundry: various or diverse.
- qualm: an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction.
- hypothecate: to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage.
- primaveral: pertaining to the early springtime.
- insouciance: lack of care or concern; indifference.
- serpentine: having a winding course, as a road; sinuous.
- preterition: the act of passing by or over; omission; disregard.
- daven: to pray.
- marmoreal: of or like marble.
- wrest: to take away by force.
- tranche: any part, division, or installment.
- pharaonic: impressively or overwhelmingly large, luxurious, etc.
- swivet: a state of nervous excitement, haste, or anxiety; flutter.
- gaumless: lacking in vitality or intelligence; stupid, dull, or clumsy.
- impawn: to put in pawn; pledge.
