http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/2013/06/19.html?src=rss

balk: to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified.

http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/2013/06/18.html?src=rss

falcate: curved like a scythe or sickle; hooked; falciform.

http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/2013/06/17.html?src=rss

phosphoresce: to be luminous without sensible heat, as phosphorus.

http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/2013/06/16.html?src=rss

mishpocha: a family network comprising relatives by blood and marriage and sometimes including close friends.

http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/2013/06/15.html?src=rss

palinode: a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.

http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/2013/06/14.html?src=rss

diglossia: the widespread existence within a society of sharply divergent formal and informal varieties of a language.

http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/2013/06/13.html?src=rss

xanthic: of or pertaining to a yellow or yellowish color.

http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/2013/06/12.html?src=rss

sward: the grassy surface of land; turf.

http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/2013/06/11.html?src=rss

spelunk: to explore caves, especially as a hobby.

http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/2013/06/10.html?src=rss

codger: an eccentric man, especially one who is old.