2010

 

• August 28
  

 

ABUNDANCE noun; plentiful quantity or supply, overflowing fullness, affluence, wealth: An abundance of grain. My garden has an abundance of flowers.

 

• August 1
  

 

CONSEQUENTIAL 1. following as an effect, result, or outcome: resultant; consequent. 2. following as a logical conclusion or inference: logically consistent. 3. of consequence or importance: a consequential man in his field. 4. self-important: pompous.

 

• June 20
  

 

FORTUNATE adjective; lucky, happy, favored, bright, golden rosy: He is a very fortunate person.

 

• June 6
   

AUSPICIOUS

 

• May 30
  

 

SAGACITY noun; Wisdom, soundness of judgment, acuteness of mental discernment: His sagacity is so well known that people travel long distances to hear his opinions.

 

• April 18
  

 

ELUCIDATE verb; Make (something) clear; explain: Work such as theirs will help to elucidate this matter; In what follows I shall try to elucidate what I believe the problems to be; They would not elucidate further.

• April 4
  

 

TRANSITORY adjective; Existing or lasting only a short time: He knew that all things human are transitory and therefore that it must cease one day or another.

• March 21

 

DIBS noun; The right or claim on something: Department officers were given first dibs for the job.  I have dibs on that last slice of pizza!

 

• March 7

INVETERATE  adjective; settled in a habit, practice or feeling: Tom is an inveterate reader who reads one book a week for the past ten years.

 

• February 21

FELICITOUS  adjective; 1. very well suited or expressed, 2. pleasant, delightful: the film's music, at least, is felicitous, as it lends emotional intensity to the otherwise wooden acting.

 

• February 7

INEXPLICABLE  adjective; unable to be explained or accounted for: for some inexplicable reason her mind went completely blank.

 

• January 31

FACILITATE  verb; make (an action or process) easy or easier: schools were located on the same campus to facilitate the sharing of resources.

 

• January 17

ARDUOUS  adjective; hard to accomplish or achieve: the arduous task of trimming the tall tree in front of our yard was completed with team work.

 

• January 3

ABSOLVE  verb; to set or declare someone free from blame, quilt, or responsibility: the pardon absolved them of any crimes.