WotD Archives – December 2011

December 30th, 2011

Maladroit /mal-uh-DROYT/
adjective
1. Lacking skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations; inept.

December 29th, 2011

Unfetter /uhn-FET-er/
verb
1. To release from fetters.
2. To free from restraint; liberate.

December 20th, 2011

Lucent/LOO-suhnt/
adjective
1. Shining.
2. Translucent; clear.

December 19th, 2011

Callipygous /kal-uh-PY-guhs/
adjective
1. Having well-shaped buttocks.

December 15th, 2011

Specious /spee-shuhs/
adjective
1. Apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible.
2. Pleasing to the eye but deceptive.

December 14th, 2011

Schmutz /SHMOOTS/
noun
1. Dirt, filth, or any undesirable substance.

December 13th, 2011

Swivet /SWIV-ut/
noun
1. A state of extreme agitation.

December 12th, 2011

Plethora/PLETH-er-uh/
noun
1. Overabundance; excess.
2. Pathology Archaic, A morbid condition due to excess of red corpuscles in the blood or increase in the quantity of blood.

December 9th, 2011

Incredulous /in-KREJ-uh-luhs/
adjective
1. Not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
2. Indicating or showing unbelief.

December 8th, 2011

Copse /KOPS/
noun
1. A thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.

December 7th, 2011

Incongruous /in-KONG-groo-uhs/
adjective
1. Out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming.
2. Not harmonious in character; inconsonant; lacking harmony of parts.
3. Inconsistent.

December 6th, 2011

Anecdotal /AN-ik-doht-l, an-ik-DOHT-l/
adjective
1. Based on casual observations or indications rather than rigorous or scientific analysis.

December 5th, 2011

Ominous /OM-uh-nuhs/
adjective
1. portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious.
2. having the significance of an omen.

December 2nd, 2011

Nebulous /NEB-yuh-luhs/
adjective
1. Hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused.
2. cloudy or cloudlike.
3. Of or resembling a nebula or nebulae; nebular.

December 1st, 2011

Redolent /RED-uhl-uhnt/
adjective
1. Fragrant; smelling.
2. Suggestive; reminiscent.