new words

New words for last week, mostly courtesy of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay:

animadvert: to comment unfavorably or critically

cenotaph: a monument to commemorate a dead person whose remains lie elsewhere

fete: a festival or feast

morocco: a soft fine leather of goatskin

oeuvre: the works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole

Philistine: one who is indifferent or antagonistic to artistic or cultural values

prognathous: having jaws that project forward to a marked degree

rubicund: rosy in complexion; ruddy

tocsin: a warning bell

turbid: having sediment or foreign particles stirred up or suspended; in turmoil

and the best word of all:

defenestrate: to throw out of a window

I don't know about you, but I think that having an entire word dedicated to throwing things out the window is fantastic.