22 Words of 2022

Queen Consort

a small dependent country usually of the tropics

Banana republic

Trove

to select or adapt (as by obscuring or removing sensitive information) for publication or release

Redact

Raid

used to call attention, to express satisfaction or approval, or to suggest an appearance as if by magic

Voil

a soil consisting of a friable mixture of varying proportions of clay, silt, and sand

Loamy

responsive to or conscious of sense impressions

Sentient

lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (one's sexual or gender identity), intersex, and asexual/aromantic/agender

LGBTQIA

having qualities of eloquence, ingenuity, or thievishness

Mercurial

to value something or someone too lightly

Take for granted

the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus

Abortion

Codify

an organism that is restricted or peculiar to a locality or region

Endemic

Omicron

Conscript

the site or time of a final and conclusive battle between the forces of good and evil

Armageddon

a formal decree or coercive measure for enforcing societal standards, sometimes used by several countries in unison to subdue another nation violating international law