Some words I learned in 2006

1. inchoate
2. aleatory
3. ambit
4. echt (ok, I actually learned that in 2005, but I just saw it again)
5. lusus naturae
6. aetiology (I really should have known that one already – no excuse)
7. alible
8. amerce
9. mutatis mutandis
10. deictic
11. pogonip
12. enchiridion
13. virgule

Sometimes it seems the only place I encounter new words, besides the dictionary (I like the Free Dictionary), is the New Yorker. Bless the New Yorker, for keeping me from degenerating into complete illiteracy whilst practicing lab science and subsequently living in red rural America!