User:EncycloPetey/WOTD/2009

December 2009

1 hebetude n

2 sententious adj

3 flaneur n

4 piffle v

5 consternation n

6 maudlin adj

7 animadversion n

8 John Lennon glasses n

9 comport v

10 intempestivity n

11 undownable adj

12 ideogram n

13 tussock n

14 ascribe v

15 pensive adj

16 bookish adj

17 don't look a gift horse in the mouth proverb

18 poltroon n

19 contiguous adj

20 stertorously adv

21 frowst v

22 altruistic adj

23 dulse n

24 unobtrusively adv

25 chiliasm n

26 supernal adj

27 inexorably adv

28 fiddle v

29 impetuous adj

30 monochrome n

31 ancillary adj

November 2009

1 sanctify v

2 frisson n

3 atavistic adj

4 waspish adj

5 klatch n

6 doodle v

7 monophthongal adj

8 psychosomatic adj

9 charabanc n

10 opine v

11 lunette n

12 enchorial adj

13 maxim n

14 traipse v

15 cerebral adj

16 rhonchus n

17 idiomatic adj

18 buttress v

19 frenetic adj

20 Jezebel n

21 plicate adj

22 leaven v

23 gestalt n

24 claptrap n

25 shill v

26 limbate adj

27 wallflower n

28 astrobleme n

29 languish v

30 sartorial adj

October 2009

1 agape adj

2 heterographic adj

3 curfew n

4 proscenium n

5 inure v

6 balmy adj

7 firebrand n

8 newfangled adj

9 beget v

10 lickspittle n

11 circumspect adj

12 --

13 palaver v

14 gratuitously adv

15 verandah n

16 catechumen n

17 tranquil adj

18 entourage n

19 jury-rig v

20 stage whisper n

21 dumbfound v

22 palatable adj

23 haiku n

24 raspy adj

25 abigeat n

26 skimp v

27 ugly duckling n

28 oracular adj

29 warp and woof n

30 morbid adj

31 fetch n

September 2009

1 co-mother-in-law n

2 front v

3 wanton adj

4 blet v

5 myriad adj

6 pastiche n

7 catawampus adj

8 Hobson-Jobson n

9 scupper v

10 alabaster n

11 indemnify v

12 tight as a tick adj

13 corkscrew v

14 grudging adj

15 wherewithal n

16 ductile adj

17 idiosyncrasy n

18 proselytize v

19 crocodile tears n

20 needle v

21 uraeus n

22 abrogate v

23 thalweg n

24 loricate adj

25 ecky thump interj

26 guillemet n

27 rain on someone's parade v

28 flange n

29 swagger v

30 yeoman n

August 2009

1 sphericon n

2 akimbo adj

3 mastermind v

4 gruelling adj

5 calipers n

6 spackle v

7 badger v

8 hypercorrection n

9 ribald adj

10 fizzle v

11 propinquity n

12 titubant adj

13 joyride n

14 eavesdrop v

15 rest on one's laurels v

16 ample adj

17 quid pro quo n

18 dramaturgic adj

19 landlubber n

20 hassle v

21 crux n

22 gangly adj

23 typhoon n

24 scrutinize v

25 indecisive adj

26 proprioception n

27 comprehensive v

28 unfurl v

29 requiem n

30 burgundy adj

31 articulation n

July 2009

1 metrology n

2 whodunit n

3 excoriate v

4 inalienable adj

5 progenitor n

6 gurgle v

7 tectiform adj

8 oilskin n

9 cadre n

10 purport v

11 aflutter adj

12 heirloom n

13 right as rain adj

14 inculcate v

15 doppelganger n

16 haphazard adj

17 susurrus n

18 unbosom v

19 legwork n

20 cavil v

21 untoward adj

22 shibboleth n

23 manitou n

24 lahar n

25 bat an eyelid v

26 dulcet adj

27 junta n

28 nostrify v

29 bistro n

30 fecund adj

31 zilch n

June 2009

1 gallivant v

2 over the top adj

3 recidivous adj

4 holystone n

5 shufti n

6 let the cat out of the bag v

7 indefatigable adj

8 cupidity n

9 volumize v

10 horseshoe n

11 erstwhile adj

12 majordomo n

13 chunter v

14 stolid adj

15 mortmain n

16 rosette n

17 duteous adj

18 colliery n

19 truss v

20 alluvial adj

21 spinet n

22 panjandrum n

23 dungarees n

24 boggle v

25 prolix adj

26 urbanity n

27 fungible adj

28 denigrate v

29 lager n

30 aiglet n

May 2009

1 mizzenmast n

2 alacrity n

3 resile v

4 gullet n

5 stygian adj

6 lax adj

7 countenance v

8 polyptoton n

9 malfeasance n

10 howbeit adv

11 empyreal adj

12 quasar n

13 augur v

14 grue adj

15 repechage n

16 draconian adj

17 practicum n

18 nip in the bud v

19 bulwark n

20 voluble adj

21 propel v

22 esoteric adj

23 kiosk n

24 heuristic adj

25 chagrin n

26 balustrade n

27 quell v

28 unsung adj

29 labefaction n

30 tittle n

31 implicit adj

April 2009

1 meh adj

2 haricot n

3 coalesce v

4 xylograph n

5 soigné adj

6 noetic adj

7 integument n

8 diminutive adj

9 yodel v

10 tabiya n

11 ogre n

12 jostle v

13 ecumenical adj

14 zetetic adj

15 uilleann pipes n

16 prosaic adj

17 knell v

18 factotum n

19 ankh n

20 viraginous adj

21 quarantine v

22 lyonnaise adj

23 grotto n

24 bromide n

25 wonky adj

26 ruction n

27 miscreant n

28 hornswoggle v

29 crotchety adj

30 scion n

March 2009

1 breviary n

2 hirsute adj

3 esprit de corps n

4 partisan adj

5 mosey v

6 vulnerary adj

7 ecchymosis n

8 pulsate v

9 bougainvillea n

10 nonchalant adj

11 seiche n

12 frumpy n

13 underpin v

14 guerdon n

15 rive v

16 despotic adj

17 shamrock n

18 clairvoyant adj

19 mandarin n

20 bluster v

21 hematophagy n

22 protean adj

23 furlough n

24 rogation n

25 incendiary adj

26 conterminous adj

27 daub v

28 satay n

29 alkaline adj

30 inveigle v

31 crescendo n

February 2009

1 splinter v

2 cunctation n

3 oleaginous adj

4 raconteur n

5 mollycoddle v

6 fortnight n

7 desultory adj

8 revanchist adj

9 livery n

10 reproach v

11 adjacent adj

12 maugre prep

13 dogma n

14 callipygous adj

15 exuviate v

16 sobriquet n

17 Ishikawa diagram n

18 xanthous adj

19 atone v

20 herptile n

21 perfunctory adj

22 moniker n

23 banyan n

24 lope v

25 plenary adj

26 encomium n

27 penny for your thoughts phrase

28 Tom Jones n

January 2009

1 newel n

2 fubsy adj

3 reminisce v

4 affable adj

5 pannier n

6 interject v

7 nephric adj

8 camber n

9 Luddite n

10 sibilant adj

11 actuate v

12 demure adj

13 go the extra mile v

14 photogenic adj

15 brigand n

16 Philistine n

17 errhine adj

18 virgule n

19 belittle v

20 rational adj

21 conniption n

22 tout v

23 googol num

24 overstate v

25 statutory adj

26 eager beaver n

27 circumnavigate v

28 humdrum adj

29 waddle v

30 mansuetude n

31 dilapidate v