I am curious about new words. Especially words that are uncommon enough to stand out, but not so uncommon that I'll never hear them spoken or read them in the paper.

To satisfy my curiosity, I have tried a couple of sites that offer to teach their readers new words. However, it seems that the words chosen are often too obscure to have any value or interest to me.

Since these sites weren't satisfying, I designed a program to create a list of words that are occasionally used and that I might wish to gain a deeper understanding.

In case anyone else shares my curiosity, I'll post a list here on a weekly basis.

This weeks words:

1. Look up scrappier or search for it on Google News
2. Look up rockiest or search for it on Google News
3. Look up extraditable or search for it on Google News
4. Look up pinpricks or search for it on Google News
5. Look up shamelessness or search for it on Google News
6. Look up contorting or search for it on Google News
7. Look up truncheons or search for it on Google News
8. Look up cohesively or search for it on Google News
9. Look up computerizing or search for it on Google News
10. Look up uproariously or search for it on Google News
11. Look up perjured or search for it on Google News
12. Look up rehydrate or search for it on Google News
13. Look up intermixing or search for it on Google News
14. Look up lolling or search for it on Google News
15. Look up emasculated or search for it on Google News
16. Look up trendiest or search for it on Google News
17. Look up pardoning or search for it on Google News
18. Look up illicitly or search for it on Google News
19. Look up urbanites or search for it on Google News
20. Look up demagoguery or search for it on Google News