July 3rd:

12. churlish - rude or surly; of or relating to peasants; miserly
"Those of us who typically enjoy this festival for its variety may have
cause for complaint, but it would be churlish to voice it."

82. subjugate - to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.
"Terror was used purposefully and more or less indiscriminately
to subjugate the entire population."

85. tautology - needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than
those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force
or clearness, as in “widow woman.”
"She added that she is concerned about some of the
tautology going on here."

99. yeoman - What my son says to his frineds... "Yo-man" LOL!!!!

Actually it is a member of a class of small freeholders of common birth who
cultivated their own land; an assistant or other subordinate to an official, such
as a sheriff, or to a craftsman or trader ; an attendant or lesser official in a
royal or noble household ; or a petty officer or noncommissioned officer
in the Royal Navy or Marines in charge of signals.

100. ziggurat - a type of rectangular temple tower or tiered mound erected by the
Sumerians, Akkadians, and Babylonians in Mesopotamia.
The tower of Babel is thought to be one of these.

Hope you got some today!!

I got THREE today :-)

WTG Carla! I better shake that hat up!! LOL!!

just 1...

I got 3 today

I have got 2 words in two days!

I got one yesterday and none today.

July 4th

5. antebellum

35. homogeneous

47. kowtow

76. recapitulate

86. taxonomy

(definitions to come later, or feel free to tell me what they are)

Awww, you shook the hat too much! None for me today

Did yu know that ANTEBELLUM is currently in the top 1% of lookups and is the 340th most popular word on Merriam-Webster.com?

Definition of ANTEBELLUM
: existing before a war; especially: existing before the American Civil War

I never knew the meaning of this word!

Zero for me today

I was thinking the same thing Stephanie!!!

homogeneous
1. composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population.
2. of the same kind or nature; essentially alike.
3.
Mathematics .
a. having a common property throughout: a homogeneous solid figure.

kowtow
1. to act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference.

2. to touch the forehead to the ground while kneeling, as an act of worship, reverence, apology, etc., especially in former Chinese custom.

recapitulate
1. to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.

2. Biology . (of an organism) to repeat (ancestral evolutionary stages) in its development.

3. Music . to restate (the exposition) in a sonata-form movement.

taxonomy

1. the science or technique of classification.

2. a classification into ordered categories: a proposed taxonomy of educational objectives.

3. Biology . the science dealing with the description, identification, naming, and classification of organisms.