Sunday, May 6, 2012

mensch [mench]

a decent, upright, mature, and responsible person.
Thursday, May 3, 2012

nu·men [noo-min, nyoo-]

divine power or spirit; a deity, especially one presiding locally or believed to inhabit a particular object. I admit this one is a stretch but it was the best I could come up with to get it in before midnight.
From Dictionary.com word of the day
Wednesday, May 2, 2012

kow·tow [kou-tou, -tou, koh-]

To act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

ort [awrt]


Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.