Fallal

fallal

\fal-LAL\ noun 1. a bit of finery; a showy article of dress.

Round Bookshelf

Frondescence

frondescence

\fron-DES-uh ns\

noun 1. leafage; foliage. 2. the process or period of putting forth leaves, as a tree, plant, or the like.

Wardrobe Business

Etiolate

etiolate

\EE-tee-uh-leyt\

verb 1. to cause to become weakened or sickly; drain of color or vigor. 2. to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light: to etiolate celery.

Cleaning the Attic

Emolument

emolument

\ih-MOL-yuh-muh nt\

noun 1. profit, salary, or fees from office or employment; compensation for services: Tips are an emolument in addition to wages.

She-Ra!

Murmuration

murmuration

\mur-muh-REY-shuh n\

noun 1. a flock of starlings. 2. an act or instance of murmuring.

Book Return

Yeasayer

Because if you're going to have a naysayer, you need this too:

yeasayer

\YEY-sey-er\

noun 1. a person with an optimistic and confident outlook. 2. a person who habitually agrees with or is submissive to others.

Dorian Gray

Handsel

handsel

\HAN-suh l\

noun 1. a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise. 2. a first installment of payment.

Fiction: Because . . .

Senectitude

senectitude

\si-NEK-ti-tood, -tyood\

noun 1. the last stage of life; old age.

Crazy Book Lady

I'm a Crazy Book Lady now.

Bumbershoot

This one made me smile.

bumbershoot

\BUHM-ber-shoot\

noun 1. Informal: Often Facetious. an umbrella.

Triathlon

Shrive

shrive

\shrahyv\

verb 1. to grant absolution to (a penitent). 2. to impose penance on (a sinner).

My Workout

Crocodilian

crocodilian

\krok-uh-DIL-ee-uh n\

adjective 1. hypocritical; insincere. 2. of, like, or pertaining to a crocodile.

Hill Areas

Hydra

hydra

\HAHY-druh\

noun 1. a persistent or many-sided problem that presents new obstacles as soon as one aspect is solved. 2. (often initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. a water or marsh serpent with nine heads, each of which, if cut off, grew back as two; Hercules killed this serpent by cauterizing the necks as he cut off the heads.

Sherbert

Tzedakah

tzedakah

\tsuh-dah-KAH; tsuh-DAW-kuh\

noun 1. Hebrew. charity or the giving of charity.

Picked Up a Book

Lunation

lunation

\loo-NEY-shuh n\ noun 1. the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.

Fitness

Plonk

plonk \plongk\ noun 1. Chiefly British. inferior or cheap wine.

Eighth Day

Genuflect

genuflect

\JEN-yoo-flekt\ verb 1. to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence or worship. 2. to express a servile attitude.