acta — recorded proceedings; official acts; transactions (learned 8/18 from I don’t remember where)

bounden — being under obligation (learned 8/21 from “King Stephen” by Edmund King)

rogation — solemn supplication (learned 8/21 from “King Stephen” mentioning Rogationtide)

chatoyant — having a changeable luster or color with an undulating narrow band of white light (learned 8/22 from the Wikipedia page for staghorn sumac)

pyx — a small round metal receptacle used to carry the Eucharist to the sick (learned 8/24 from “King Stephen”)

haver — to hem and haw (learned 8/25 from “King Stephen”)

debride — to remove dead tissue from wounds in order to help them heal (learned 8/26 from an article I read for work)

adoxography — elegant or refined writing that addresses a trivial or base subject (learned 8/30 from waal70blog.wordpress.com)

disapparate — to disappear magically (a negative back-formation from apparition, coined by J. K. Rowling) (learned 9/06 from my friend Mike saying it, though he didn’t know it was coined by J. K. Rowling)

effleurage — a light stroking movement used in massage (learned 9/07 from “Thunderball” by Ian Fleming)

logy — sluggish, groggy (learned 9/08 from “Frozen Alive” by Peter Stark)