1月30日
presumptuous, overstep(vt), cosmic(3), retribution(U), awry(go awry), wrong(3), under the radar, couch(vt), bake in
2月3日
palliate(3), (predict, prognosticate, foretell, foreshadow, portend, forebode, presage), deal in, championship(2), be all heart, hearten(give heart to, heartening),
(discouraged, disheartened, dejected, depressed, dispirited, crestfallen, downcast), tuft, fictitious, carryover,
2月6日
encumber, varnish, die back(of a plant), revert to, me’ssiah, the world over, fraction(math),
a strangled cry/gasp/voice/sob, reflective(of a surface, material, etc.; in a reflective mood; reflective of),
2月9日
to no end, rambunctious, apogee, amalgamate(amalgamation), underhanded, captor, bogus, vane, weather vane, confused(2), be crawling (teeming) with,
2月13日
tantamount, void(adj 2), foregoing(the foregoing), contour(s), forthcoming(2), divulge,
publicist(press agent), refreshing(refreshingly)2, spurt(2), (impetuous, impulsive), not a moment too soon,
2月15日
truculent, smite(2)(smitten with/by), enamored with/of/by, lovestruck, besotted(2), crony, boor(boorish), every single(every last), rivet(n1, v3), transgress(vi, vt),
2月16日
cessation, as you wish, infinitude, infinitesimal, flay, bulbous, characterful, glimpse(vt2), superfluous, axiomatic, (pettish, petulant), outvote, jabber, gather(believe, understand), preamble(without preamble), amoral, right and left, have sth well in hand, so … as to …,
2月18日
in kind, hobnob, jettison(3), (pomp, pomp and circumstance, pompous), decadent(2), off-limits, sumptuous, aquiline(nose, face, features), convulse(3)
2月19日
contrite, caustic(2), tarnish(v2, n1), (competition, contest),
2月22日
(retrieve, reclaim), livid(2), flushed(with), halting(haltingly), iffy, follow up (on), propriety(3), high-minded, semantic,
2月25日
craw, encrust, as to(about/according to), knock-knock joke, facetious, one-liner, poke fun at, quip, gibe, wisecrack(n,v), stilted,
2月26日
scruple(n, v), in parentheses, in italics, any and all, conjecture(conjectural), compendium,
(migrate, immigrate, emigrate), progenitor, predecease, (metrics, metrical),
2月27日
(gird for, gird oneself for, gird up one’s loins for), girdle, cantankerous, skedaddle, stock up (on), of the essence(Time/Speed is of the essence …)
2月28日
(bloviate, ver’bose, wordy, windy), prodigious, sleuth, proposition(4), resident(adj), assorted,
care(More factors influenced her decision than she cares to admit.),
(descend from, be descended from)
oblique(2), of standing(good reputation), perpetuate,
3月1日
alliteration, predicate(grammar), (state of mind, state of being), winnings, run through(3),
betrothed(adj, n), lithe, ecclesiastical, premonition,
3月2日
clothier, (a banking concern, a going concern), get at, choice, morose, cold-eyed, hang up(figurative),
(drop in/by, drop in on, drop into), (single-breasted, double-breasted), a good/bad/poor sport,
(deprecate, deprecating, self-deprecating ~ egotistical, conceited), swing around, in the eyes of,
do sb a world of good, padded, keyed up, accredit(3), out-of-towner, diabolical, catharsis, horn in (on), cauldron, postulate(v,n), retrogress, enormous/heavy/overwheming odds, dial(+number, person),
inextricable/inextricably + linked, blood and thunder, setup, ferret out, lose out (on sth),
in-group, sidearm, go in for, lead/bear a charmed life, sardonic, bring sb up with a start, pass up,
That’s more like it, for all I know/care, high wire, coup de grace, sublimate(sublime), fresh(with),
has the deer in his sights(in the crosshairs), (in jest, half in jest), gun for, wing(wound),
3月3日
cleave(4), sate(sated), wily(wiles, tricky2, slick4), match against, codex, subsume, metaphysics(metaphysical), in no small part, attributable to, indeterminate, meditation(2),
3月4日
stipple, erstwhile, depose, vaunt(vaunted)/exalt, pyrrhic(victory), hegemony, point of origin,
in living memory, exultant, annal, homily(2), (edify/edification, entertain/entertainment),
glaive/brand/sword, Excalibur, sire(v, n), (harry, harass, harrow, Harrowing of Hell),
handplay(hand-to-hand fighting, swordplay), welter(n+of, vi2 literary), fleet(v), warrant(n2), reave+of(deprive, strip), breakers(wave), sallow, rend, nib, weald(woodland),
3月7日
the Passion, visionary(adj, n), epilogue, a’postle(2), tracery(2), adduce,
sacrament(the Sacrament, Communion, Holy Communion, the Eucharist), penance, consummate(2),
3月9日
middle earth, facsimile(a reasonable facscimile), personage(2), (fall away, die away, dissipate),
(impermanent/impermanence, transient/transience, transitory.transitoriness, mutable/mutability),
reside with, in common with, admonition(admonitory), a plurality of, redouble, discerning,
3月10日
darken(2 vi/vt), clear-sighted(clear-eyed, clearheaded), (gnomic, pithy, adage/maxim/aphorism), accretion(C/U), (reinvent, reimagine), gloss(n,v), foreground(n,v), holdover, longsome, the Norns, coffer(coffers), patronymic, overweening, accusative, liege, particular(s), prosaic(2), obsequious, whither, temperance, (fief, vassal), contiguous, genetic(2), 'patrimony(2), there it is, hauberk, denigrate, 'precept(principle),
3月13日
shapely, psychic(adj/n), te’lepathy(tele’pathic, tele’pathically), seance, spiritualism(spiritualist),
crystal gazing, bonny
3月14日
a clap of thunder/a bolt of lightning, brace(3), knoll, make the rounds(2) + of, plainspoken, finesse(n,v),
(tree, shrub/the shrubs/shrubbery, bush/the bushes), groundsman/groundskeeper, brute(n/adj),
fair and square(redundant), make up (with), canon,
3月15日
under lock and key, transcribe, comparative(3), equal opportunities(often attributive), zest(U/singular),
frivolous(serious), trivialize(trivialization), regale, in’formant(2), get sth through sb’s head, Ra’punzel, beloved(n), throat-clearing(serving as a long preliminary), hawk(up), in medias res, rough-hewn(2), warp speed, aside(3), serve out, (test/prove/show)mettle, domestic(servant), congenial(2), no-account, hark back to, fraternal(3), a figment of sb’s imagination, infantile, sprightly, governess, high fantasy, confabulate(2), extraneous(2), falsify(2), counterfactual(adj/n), yoke(n,v), unlettered, much as, nook(3), earthy(2), scatological, moon(vi/vt), squiggle(squiggly), labor of love,
3月17日
own up (to), clitoris, get/receive your (just) deserts, behind(buttocks), pray(please), chrysanthemum,
ice floe, sculpt, snowdrift, windward/leeward/downwind/upwind, get on sb’s good side,
sb would give anything for/to do, 'sapphire, crockery/earthenware(U), lope, nuzzle(vi/vt)/nestle,
send-up/parody + of,
3月18日
doldrums(in the doldrums), let rip, puny, regime(3), on a dime, raise/call out + troops, causeway,
commend (her soul to God), hinge on, removed(far removed from), bear up, fortuitous,
incursion(2, +into), to add insult to injury,
3月21日
hang back(2), light/alight + on/from, measured, ford(n,vt), yeoman, bear down on,
come of(2)(Nothing comes of it), not so much sth as sth, worthily,
3月23日
ascendant(in the ascendant), effervescence/effervescent(2), cult of personality, tack(singular/U), conduit(2, +of/for), Big Brother, appeasement, buttress(v/n), principled, in/out of step with,
gate crasher, bulk up, outsize(d), brush(n),
3月25日
signage(collective noun), fault(vt), aggravated assault, semblance(singular)+of, ward(3),
come down on(2), creed/credo, better safe than sorry, officiate, award(2), damages(plural), blue-chip,
3月26日
hedge againt, yield(of nuclear weapons), mutinous(2), over the line(2), consignment(2),
3月28日
unknown(n4), due(adj5), sclerotic(2), service(v3), layabout, sponge(vt/vi+off), in real terms,
flat-footed(3, catch sb flat-footed, catch sb off-guard), ad hoc(+committee/group, on an ad hoc basis),
milk and honey, mainframe(mainframe computer), relegate(3, +to), short-circuit/bypass/circumvent,
top-up([c], 2), universalism(2), fail-safe, cuddle/coddle, precariat(the precariat), underwrite,
3月30日
gulag, listing, coming-out party, getting on for(almost), spate + of, grunt work[U], preprint(n/vt),
transformative, degradation(2, c/u), proof of concept(U/singular), desist(vi+from, cease and desist),
a cease and desist order, one-off(adj/n), booster shot, tetanus, sick bay, sewage works,
general-purpose, pharma(U), know-how, wonk(science, policy),
4月2日
gaggle(2), geriatric(2), such and such, groin, shaman, the sandman, ankh, spiked, wraparound, prospect/prospector/pan for gold, hereabouts, scrub(U), diggings, mullock, fossick(vi),
the hard way, give sb/sth a wide berth, overlay(vt+with), tang(singular), bug-eyed, make a run for it, sidle(2), be/get in on sth, stuck-up/conceited/snooty, like a shot, truss, finders keepers(losers weepers), leave sb to it, leave it at that
4月3日
mill(+around), yarn(2)/thread/skein(3), crochet, afghan, decrepit>feeble, elbow grease,
work up a sweat, peat/mulch/compost, leave for dead, chokehold, pinch point, flotilla, tug/tugboat, wedge(2), athwart(2)/transverse/transversely, as it is, at cross purposes,
4月4日
risk-averse, buff(n2,adj,v), revisionism/revisionist, steely/flinty/unbending, venal*venial(sin, mistake), permafrost, unblushing/unblushingly, biddable, ‘pretext(C), hubristic, duly(2), toned(2), corruptible, sleazy(3), licentious, housebreak(vt),
4月5日
gauze(2), there is no mistaking sb/sth, caste(stratify(2)/stratification), pro’miscuous(2), dispensation(2),
in the line of duty(esp. of policemen, soldiers, firemen, etc.), upstart, preposterous, amorphous,
pass as sb/sth, coloration, throw caution to the winds, bunch(v), immutable,
ways and means(methods and resources), by any chance(used in tentative enquiries or suggestions),
let it go at that, in the nature of, get something over with, gaily,
4月6日
assiduous, stylus(3), obeisance(2), supplicant, bedeck, unkept(promise),
4月8日
gnomic/pith(2)/pithy, exemplum, as it stands, knock it off, snide(indirect),
interpolate/interpolation(of a piece of writing or a conversation), consonant(n/adj2, +with), sapiential, discernment, didactic, homily(2), penitential(penitence, penance),
4月10日
pinched, do as/for, fleshly, fedora, chaste(3), celibate, extramarital, pe’jorative, restrained/restricted,
portion(vt),
4月14日
astray, bloodied, rind, That’s something, crone, gaunt, breast(2), confection(2), umptuous, overstep(vt), cosmic(3), retribution(U), awry(go awry), wrong(3), under the radar, couch(vt), bake in
2月3日
palliate(3), (predict, prognosticate, foretell, foreshadow, portend, forebode, presage), deal in, championship(2), be all heart, hearten(give heart to, heartening),
(discouraged, disheartened, dejected, depressed, dispirited, crestfallen, downcast), tuft, fictitious, carryover,
2月6日
encumber, varnish, die back(of a plant), revert to, me’ssiah, the world over, fraction(math),
a strangled cry/gasp/voice/sob, reflective(of a surface, material, etc.; in a reflective mood; reflective of),
2月9日
to no end, rambunctious, apogee, amalgamate(amalgamation), underhanded, captor, bogus, vane, weather vane, confused(2), be crawling (teeming) with,
2月13日
tantamount, void(adj 2), foregoing(the foregoing), contour(s), forthcoming(2), divulge,
publicist(press agent), refreshing(refreshingly)2, spurt(2), (impetuous, impulsive), not a moment too soon,
2月15日
truculent, smite(2)(smitten with/by), enamored with/of/by, lovestruck, besotted(2), crony, boor(boorish), every single(every last), rivet(n1, v3), transgress(vi, vt),
2月16日
cessation, as you wish, infinitude, infinitesimal, flay, bulbous, characterful, glimpse(vt2), superfluous, axiomatic, (pettish, petulant), outvote, jabber, gather(believe, understand), preamble(without preamble), amoral, right and left, have sth well in hand, so … as to …,
2月18日
in kind, hobnob, jettison(3), (pomp, pomp and circumstance, pompous), decadent(2), off-limits, sumptuous, aquiline(nose, face, features), convulse(3)
2月19日
contrite, caustic(2), tarnish(v2, n1), (competition, contest),
2月22日
(retrieve, reclaim), livid(2), flushed(with), halting(haltingly), iffy, follow up (on), propriety(3), high-minded, semantic,
2月25日
craw, encrust, as to(about/according to), knock-knock joke, facetious, one-liner, poke fun at, quip, gibe, wisecrack(n,v), stilted,
2月26日
scruple(n, v), in parentheses, in italics, any and all, conjecture(conjectural), compendium,
(migrate, immigrate, emigrate), progenitor, predecease, (metrics, metrical),
2月27日
(gird for, gird oneself for, gird up one’s loins for), girdle, cantankerous, skedaddle, stock up (on), of the essence(Time/Speed is of the essence …)
2月28日
(bloviate, ver’bose, wordy, windy), prodigious, sleuth, proposition(4), resident(adj), assorted,
care(More factors influenced her decision than she cares to admit.),
(descend from, be descended from)
oblique(2), of standing(good reputation), perpetuate,
3月1日
alliteration, predicate(grammar), (state of mind, state of being), winnings, run through(3),
betrothed(adj, n), lithe, ecclesiastical, premonition,
3月2日
clothier, (a banking concern, a going concern), get at, choice, morose, cold-eyed, hang up(figurative),
(drop in/by, drop in on, drop into), (single-breasted, double-breasted), a good/bad/poor sport,
(deprecate, deprecating, self-deprecating ~ egotistical, conceited), swing around, in the eyes of,
do sb a world of good, padded, keyed up, accredit(3), out-of-towner, diabolical, catharsis, horn in (on), cauldron, postulate(v,n), retrogress, enormous/heavy/overwheming odds, dial(+number, person),
inextricable/inextricably + linked, blood and thunder, setup, ferret out, lose out (on sth),
in-group, sidearm, go in for, lead/bear a charmed life, sardonic, bring sb up with a start, pass up,
That’s more like it, for all I know/care, high wire, coup de grace, sublimate(sublime), fresh(with),
has the deer in his sights(in the crosshairs), (in jest, half in jest), gun for, wing(wound),
3月3日
cleave(4), sate(sated), wily(wiles, tricky2, slick4), match against, codex, subsume, metaphysics(metaphysical), in no small part, attributable to, indeterminate, meditation(2),
3月4日
stipple, erstwhile, depose, vaunt(vaunted)/exalt, pyrrhic(victory), hegemony, point of origin,
in living memory, exultant, annal, homily(2), (edify/edification, entertain/entertainment),
glaive/brand/sword, Excalibur, sire(v, n), (harry, harass, harrow, Harrowing of Hell),
handplay(hand-to-hand fighting, swordplay), welter(n+of, vi2 literary), fleet(v), warrant(n2), reave+of(deprive, strip), breakers(wave), sallow, rend, nib, weald(woodland),
3月7日
the Passion, visionary(adj, n), epilogue, a’postle(2), tracery(2), adduce,
sacrament(the Sacrament, Communion, Holy Communion, the Eucharist), penance, consummate(2),
3月9日
middle earth, facsimile(a reasonable facscimile), personage(2), (fall away, die away, dissipate),
(impermanent/impermanence, transient/transience, transitory.transitoriness, mutable/mutability),
reside with, in common with, admonition(admonitory), a plurality of, redouble, discerning,
3月10日
darken(2 vi/vt), clear-sighted(clear-eyed, clearheaded), (gnomic, pithy, adage/maxim/aphorism), accretion(C/U), (reinvent, reimagine), gloss(n,v), foreground(n,v), holdover, longsome, the Norns, coffer(coffers), patronymic, overweening, accusative, liege, particular(s), prosaic(2), obsequious, whither, temperance, (fief, vassal), contiguous, genetic(2), 'patrimony(2), there it is, hauberk, denigrate, 'precept(principle),
3月13日
shapely, psychic(adj/n), te’lepathy(tele’pathic, tele’pathically), seance, spiritualism(spiritualist),
crystal gazing, bonny
3月14日
a clap of thunder/a bolt of lightning, brace(3), knoll, make the rounds(2) + of, plainspoken, finesse(n,v),
(tree, shrub/the shrubs/shrubbery, bush/the bushes), groundsman/groundskeeper, brute(n/adj),
fair and square(redundant), make up (with), canon,
3月15日
under lock and key, transcribe, comparative(3), equal opportunities(often attributive), zest(U/singular),
frivolous(serious), trivialize(trivialization), regale, in’formant(2), get sth through sb’s head, Ra’punzel, beloved(n), throat-clearing(serving as a long preliminary), hawk(up), in medias res, rough-hewn(2), warp speed, aside(3), serve out, (test/prove/show)mettle, domestic(servant), congenial(2), no-account, hark back to, fraternal(3), a figment of sb’s imagination, infantile, sprightly, governess, high fantasy, confabulate(2), extraneous(2), falsify(2), counterfactual(adj/n), yoke(n,v), unlettered, much as, nook(3), earthy(2), scatological, moon(vi/vt), squiggle(squiggly), labor of love,
3月17日
own up (to), clitoris, get/receive your (just) deserts, behind(buttocks), pray(please), chrysanthemum,
ice floe, sculpt, snowdrift, windward/leeward/downwind/upwind, get on sb’s good side,
sb would give anything for/to do, 'sapphire, crockery/earthenware(U), lope, nuzzle(vi/vt)/nestle,
send-up/parody + of,
3月18日
doldrums(in the doldrums), let rip, puny, regime(3), on a dime, raise/call out + troops, causeway,
commend (her soul to God), hinge on, removed(far removed from), bear up, fortuitous,
incursion(2, +into), to add insult to injury,
3月21日
hang back(2), light/alight + on/from, measured, ford(n,vt), yeoman, bear down on,
come of(2)(Nothing comes of it), not so much sth as sth, worthily,
3月23日
ascendant(in the ascendant), effervescence/effervescent(2), cult of personality, tack(singular/U), conduit(2, +of/for), Big Brother, appeasement, buttress(v/n), principled, in/out of step with,
gate crasher, bulk up, outsize(d), brush(n),
3月25日
signage(collective noun), fault(vt), aggravated assault, semblance(singular)+of, ward(3),
come down on(2), creed/credo, better safe than sorry, officiate, award(2), damages(plural), blue-chip,
3月26日
hedge againt, yield(of nuclear weapons), mutinous(2), over the line(2), consignment(2),
3月28日
unknown(n4), due(adj5), sclerotic(2), service(v3), layabout, sponge(vt/vi+off), in real terms,
flat-footed(3, catch sb flat-footed, catch sb off-guard), ad hoc(+committee/group, on an ad hoc basis),
milk and honey, mainframe(mainframe computer), relegate(3, +to), short-circuit/bypass/circumvent,
top-up([c], 2), universalism(2), fail-safe, cuddle/coddle, precariat(the precariat), underwrite,
3月30日
gulag, listing, coming-out party, getting on for(almost), spate + of, grunt work[U], preprint(n/vt),
transformative, degradation(2, c/u), proof of concept(U/singular), desist(vi+from, cease and desist),
a cease and desist order, one-off(adj/n), booster shot, tetanus, sick bay, sewage works,
general-purpose, pharma(U), know-how, wonk(science, policy),
4月2日
gaggle(2), geriatric(2), such and such, groin, shaman, the sandman, ankh, spiked, wraparound, prospect/prospector/pan for gold, hereabouts, scrub(U), diggings, mullock, fossick(vi),
the hard way, give sb/sth a wide berth, overlay(vt+with), tang(singular), bug-eyed, make a run for it, sidle(2), be/get in on sth, stuck-up/conceited/snooty, like a shot, truss, finders keepers(losers weepers), leave sb to it, leave it at that
4月3日
mill(+around), yarn(2)/thread/skein(3), crochet, afghan, decrepit>feeble, elbow grease,
work up a sweat, peat/mulch/compost, leave for dead, chokehold, pinch point, flotilla, tug/tugboat, wedge(2), athwart(2)/transverse/transversely, as it is, at cross purposes,
4月4日
risk-averse, buff(n2,adj,v), revisionism/revisionist, steely/flinty/unbending, venal*venial(sin, mistake), permafrost, unblushing/unblushingly, biddable, ‘pretext(C), hubristic, duly(2), toned(2), corruptible, sleazy(3), licentious, housebreak(vt),
4月5日
gauze(2), there is no mistaking sb/sth, caste(stratify(2)/stratification), pro’miscuous(2), dispensation(2),
in the line of duty(esp. of policemen, soldiers, firemen, etc.), upstart, preposterous, amorphous,
pass as sb/sth, coloration, throw caution to the winds, bunch(v), immutable,
ways and means(methods and resources), by any chance(used in tentative enquiries or suggestions),
let it go at that, in the nature of, get something over with, gaily,
4月6日
assiduous, stylus(3), obeisance(2), supplicant, bedeck, unkept(promise),
4月8日
gnomic/pith(2)/pithy, exemplum, as it stands, knock it off, snide(indirect),
interpolate/interpolation(of a piece of writing or a conversation), consonant(n/adj2, +with), sapiential, discernment, didactic, homily(2), penitential(penitence, penance),