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Jul 22, 2009
This week's themeMiscellaneous words This week's words equanimity assiduous disinter minatory expatiate A Word A Day the book 
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with Anu Gargdisinter
PRONUNCIATION:
(dis-in-TUHR)
MEANING:
verb tr.:1. To remove from a grave. 2. To bring to light. ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin dis- (away, apart) + interrare (to bury), from in- (in) + terra
(earth). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ters- (to dry) that is also
the source of territory, terrace, turmeric, toast, and terra firma.A synonym of today's word is exhume, from Latin ex- (out) + humus (earth), which is from the Indo-European root dhghem- (earth) that also gave us human, homicide, homage, chameleon, chamomile, and Persian zamindar (landholder). USAGE:
"From underneath all this falsity, he needs to disinter what's true."Tessa Hadley; Windows on the World; The Guardian (London, UK); Jul 10, 2009. See more usage examples of disinter in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I believe I found the missing link between animal and civilized man. It is us. -Konrad Lorenz, ethologist, Nobel laureate (1903-1989)
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