previous words of the month

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2024

  • January - precocity (noun) - the state of being unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development; the state or tendency to be flowering, fruiting, or ripening early, as in plants or fruit
  • February - imponderabilia (noun) - imponderables; things that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated
  • March - jalopy (noun) - an old, decrepit, or unpretentious automobile
  • April - amalgamate (verb) - to mix or merge so as to make a combination; blend; unite; combine; coalesce
  • May - gauche (adjective) - lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless
  • June - enisle (verb) - to make an island of; to place on an island; to isolate
  • July - Pavlovian (adjective) - of, relating to, or characteristic of Pavlov or his work, especially of experiments in which he elicited predictable responses from laboratory animals
  • August - opalesce (verb) - to exhibit a play of colors like that of the iridescent gem opal
  • September - sanguivorous (adjective) - feeding on blood, as a bat or insect
  • October - mellifluous (adjective) - (of a voice or words) sweet or musical; pleasant to hear
  • November - crepuscular (adjective) - of, relating to, or resembling twilight; dim; indistinct; (in zoology) appearing or active in twilight, as certain bats and insects
  • December - chelonian (adjective) - belonging or pertaining to a reptilian order comprising turtles, tortoises, and terrapins

2023

  • July - idiosyncrasy (noun) - something unique to an individual
  • August - cordiform (adjective) - heart-shaped
  • September - antithesis (noun) - a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else; a contrast or opposition between two things
  • October - quagmire (noun) - an awkward, complex, or difficult situation; a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot
  • November - horripilation (noun) - a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.; goosebumps
  • December - cliché (adjective) - overused expression