Here are some words I learned recently and where I learned them.

perspicuous — clearly expressed, easy to understand; lucid. (learned 8/6 from “Roadside Picnic”)

fortalice — fortress; a small fort. (learned 8/7 from “Life on a Mediaeval Barony”)

mollycoddle — to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention. (learned 8/9 from “Robin Hood” (2010))

punter — a person who gambles. (learned 8/10 from a Diamond Geezer post)

emendation — an alteration designed to correct or improve. (learned 8/11 from “Henry I” by C. Warren Hollister)

disseise — to deprive, especially wrongfully, of seisin; dispossess. (learned 8/12 from “Henry I”)

—> seisin — the possession of land or chattels.

ASO — short for “anvil-shaped object”; a lower-quality cast iron anvil that is softer and prone to wear. (learned 8/15 from Mythbusters episode “Myths Redux”)

roundel — a round figure or object. (learned 8/16 from a Diamond Geezer post)