deodand — an object or instrument forfeited because it has caused a person’s death (learned 9/14 from my friend Mike)

dudgeon — a fit or state of indignation; often used in the phrase “in high dudgeon” (learned 9/16 from “Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior” by Catherine Hanley)

nobble — British: to incapacitate (a racehorse) especially by drugging; to win over to one’s side (learned 9/17 from Mike)

monotonically — mathematics: in a way that only ever increases, or only ever gets less (learned 9/18 from work)

prepone — to do something at an earlier time than was planned or is usual (learned 9/23 from someone telling me Indian people say this)

purloin — to appropriate wrongfully and often by a breach of trust (learned 9/24 from me thinking of the word and wondering what it meant)

tumbrel — a farm tipcart; a vehicle carrying condemned persons (such as political prisoners during the French Revolution) to a place of execution (learned 10/03 from ‘The Rest is History’ podcast about the French Revolution)

annexe — an extra building added to a larger building (learned 10/04 from Diamond Geezer)

seraphic — suggestive of or resembling a seraphim or angel; angelic (learned 10/04 from from “King of the North Wind: The Life of Henry II in Five Acts” by Claudia Gold)

tamponade — the closure or blockage (as of a wound or body cavity) by or as if by a tampon especially to stop bleeding (learned 10/05 from work)

glaucous — grayish-green in color; covered with a substance that looks similar to powder (learned 10/05 from “The Phantom of the Opera” by Gaston Leroux)