Word of the Day: August 2015

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Author: Zandera Sommers

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Welcome to the Word of the Day for August 2015!

Stay healthy during National Eye Exam Month! This August 18th is Bad Poetry Day. You can also wrap up August 30th with Frankenstein Day in honor of author Mary Wollenstone Shelley, who was born on this day in 1797. She wrote the book Frankenstein in 1818, and this holiday honors her birth.

Words for August

  • August 1st: Attenuate - verb - "to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value."
  • August 2nd: Pax - noun - "a period in history marked by the absence of major wars, usually imposed by a predominant nation."
  • August 3rd: Tragus - noun - "a fleshy prominence at the front of the external opening of the ear."
  • August 4th: Joule - noun - "the standard unit of work or energy in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the work done by a force of one newton when its point of application moves through a distance of one meter in the direction of the force."
  • August 5th: Billet - verb - "to provide or obtain lodging"
  • August 6th: Guv - noun - "used chiefly in British informal, term of address used to a man, especially by a younger man, boy, employee, or social inferior."
  • August 7th: Quipu - noun - "a device consisting of a cord with knotted strings of various colors attached, used by the ancient Peruvians for recording events, keeping accounts, etc."
  • August 8th: Xu - noun - "an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam."
  • August 9th: Tare - noun or verb - "the weight of the wrapping, receptacle, or conveyance containing goods."
  • August 10th: Tret - noun - "an allowance for waste, after deduction of tare."
  • August 11th: Deadpan - noun - "marked by or accomplished with a careful pretense of seriousness or calm detachment."
  • August 12th: Hake - noun - "any of several related marine fishes, especially of the genus Urophycis."
  • August 13th: Jenny - noun - "the female of certain animals, especially a female donkey or a female bird."
  • August 14th: Mig - noun - "a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter."
  • August 15th: Exoteric - adjective - "suitable for communication to the general public."
  • August 16th: Apostasy - verb - "the abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief."
  • August 17th: Courtesan - noun - "a prostitute, especially one with wealthy or upper-class clients."
  • August 18th: Mog - verb - "to move on, depart, or decamp, as to 'mog off' or 'mog on.'"
  • August 19th: Dilatory - "given to, or marked by, procrastination or delay."
  • August 20th: Orzo - noun - "pasta in the form of small, rice-like grains."
  • August 21st: Piquet - noun - "a card game played by two persons with a pack of 32 cards, the cards from deuces to sixes excluded."
  • August 22nd: Berm - noun - "a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat" or "a nearly flat back portion of a beach, formed of material deposited by the action of the waves."
  • August 23rd: Slavish - adjective - "base; mean; ignoble."
  • August 24th: Ruck - noun - "a large number or quantity; mass" or "the great mass of undistinguished or inferior persons or things."
  • August 25th: Quire - noun - "a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper."
  • August 26th: Cacophony - noun - "a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds."
  • August 27th: Bleb - noun - "a blister, vesicle, or bubble."
  • August 28th: Picaro - noun - "a rogue or vagabond."
  • August 29th: Elide - verb - "to suppress; omit; ignore; pass over."
  • August 30th: Mien - noun - "air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character or feeling."
  • August 31st: Caprice - noun - "a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather."




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