| Date: | Word: |
Definition: |
| Jan. 3 | Malodorous (adj) | ill-smelling; unpleasant odors |
| Jan. 4 | Noisome (adj) | offensive to smell; disgusting |
| Jan. 5 | Olfactory (adj) | pertaining to the sense of smell |
| Jan. 8 | Pungent (adj) | sharp in taste or smell |
| Jan. 9 | Antediluvian (adj) | antiquated; belonging to the time before the Biblical flood |
| Jan. 10 | Callow (adj) | young and inexperienced |
| Jan. 11 | Decrepit (adj) | weakened by old age |
| Jan. 12 | Defunct (adj) | dead; deceased; extinct |
| Jan. 16 | Infantile (adj) | of or like an infant |
| Jan. 17 | Inveterate (adj) | firmly established by age; deep rooted; habitual |
| Jan. 18 | Longevity (n) | long life |
| Jan. 19 | Matriarch (n) | mother and rule of a family; highly respected elderly lady |
| Jan. 22 | Nonage (n) | legal minority; period before maturity |
| Jan. 23 | Nonagenarian (n) | a person in his or her 90's |
| Jan. 24 | Obsolescent (adj) | going out of use; becoming obsolete |
| Jan. 25 | Patriarch (n) | respected old man; father and ruler of the family |
| Jan. 26 | Posthumous (adj) | published after the author's death; occurring after death |
| Jan. 29 | Primeval (adj) | pertaining to the world's first ages; primitive |
| Jan. 30 | Primordial (adj) | existing at the very beginning |
| Jan. 31 | Pristine (adj) | in original state; uncorrupted |