Word of the Day Archive December 2011    1. altruistic:
unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others.
2. bobbery: a disturbance or a brawl.   3. operose: done with or
involving much labor.   4. collop: a small slice of meat.   5.
frondescence: leafage; foliage.   6. weald: wooded or
uncultivated country.   7. boscage: a mass of trees or shrubs.
8. copse: a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.   9.
bough: a branch of a tree, especially one of the larger or main
branches.   10. adytum: a sacred place that the public is
forbidden to enter; an inner shrine.   11. à la mode: in or
according to the fashion.   12. felonious: wicked; base;
villainous.   13. cortege: a procession, especially a ceremonial
one.   14. cleave: to adhere closely; stick; cling.   15.
veriest: utmost; most complete.   16. abrade: to scrape off.
17. procellous: stormy, as the sea.   18. gangrel: a lanky,
loose-jointed person.   19. ectype: a reproduction; copy.   20.
lucent: shining.   21. brogue: any strong