comminate : To threaten with divine punishment; to curse.

hagiolatry : 1. The worship of saints. 2. Treating someone with undue reverence.

gamboge : 1. A strong yellow color. 2. A gum resin obtained from the sap of trees of the genus Garcinia, used as a yellow pigment and as a cathartic.

today’s parachronism : worthless word for the day is: parachronism [fr. Gk para- beyond + kronos, time] /pa RAK ruh niz uhm/ an error in chronology; esp. the placing of an event