1. Jonathan Johnson Word of the day

2. dissociate • 1.Disconnect or separate (used esp. in abstract contexts). • 2.Declare that one is not connected with or a supporter of (someone or something).

3. concur • agree

4. Illustius • Well known, respected, and admired for past achievements

5. viand • An item of food

6. imperative • absolutely necessary or required

7. Lenticular • lens-shaped cloud

8. Suspicion • the state of mind or feeling of one who suspects

9. rectitude • Morally correct behavior or thinking; righteousness

10. leadership • an act or instance of leading

11. Surfeit • An excessive amount of something

12. Furlong • An eighth of a mile, 220 yards.

13. Deviate • Depart from an established course

14. Pivot • The central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates.

15. Enigmatic • Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious

16. Immure • Enclose or confine (someone) against their will: "immured in a lunatic asylum".

17. Mawkish • 1.Sentimental in a feeble or sickly way: "a mawkish poem". • 2.Having a faint sickly flavor: "the mawkish smell of warm beer".

18. Hobgoblin • 1.(in mythology and fairy stories) A mischievous imp or sprite. • 2.A fearsome mythical creature.

19. Phantasm • 1.A figment of the imagination; an illusion or apparition. • 2.An illusory likeness of something.

20. Agon • a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes.

21. Sequacious • (of a person) Lacking independence or originality of thought.

22. spectacle 1.A visually striking performance or display: "the show is pure spectacle". 2.An event or scene regarded in terms of its visual impact: "the spectacle of a city's mass grief".

23. Bugbear • 1.A cause of obsessive fear, irritation, or loathing. • 2.An imaginary being invoked to frighten children, typically a sort of hobgoblin supposed to devour them.

24. Electoral Vote • The Electoral College consists of the popularly elected representatives (electors) who formally elect the President and Vice President

25. Stem-Winder • a watch that is wound by turning a knob at the stem.

26. analytic • 1.True by virtue of the meaning of the words or concepts used to express it, so that its denial would be a self-contradiction. • 2.(of a language) Tending not to alter the form of its words and to use word order rather than inflection or agglutination to express

27. Biddable • 1.Meekly ready to accept and follow instructions; docile and obedient. • 2.Strong enough to justify a bid.

28. Eructation • The act or an instance of belching.

29. Ratiocination • conclusion: the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises

30. Lambaste • Criticize (someone or something) harshly