SOR-taah-bluh -- (French adj.) A friend you can take anywhere with the comfort of knowing they won't embarrass you. A true friend is...

SUN-doe-koo -- (n.) The act of buying a book and leaving it unread amongst a collection of other unread books. A compulsory habit -- some...

(PAL-ah-din) -- (n.) A heroic figure; a champion, defender, and advocate of a noble cause. An exceptional word referring to exceptional...

sau-DAH-j -- (n.) A profound melancholy for something or someone that is lost. Behold a word of many layers. The Portuguese word...

tru-va-EE -- (n.) A lovely or lucky find; to discover something good by chance. The French have a way with words -- this one is no...

(n.) A place where one can be one’s most authentic self -- a place where one feels most at home, safe, comforted, and strong. Rarely do...

o-REN-dah -- (n.) The spiritual energy flowing from all things animate and inanimate. Standing in a cathedral to the opening chorus of...

FUR-lee - (n.) Strange, marvelous, inspiring wonder. This Scottish gem flash-banged onto the mid 18th century scene, then, promptly...

Ah-muh-RAN-thyne — (adj.) Undying, everlasting. Amaranthine, a word Enya fans know well, comes to us by way of Greece where the...

KIZ-met (n.) Fate, destiny. The noun kismet refers to fate or destiny -- the outcome of something that was somehow meant to be or...