What is the Daily Buzzword for May 24?
  cardinal  \KAR-duh-nul\  noun

What does it mean?
  1 : a high official of the Roman Catholic Church ranking next
below the pope
  2 : any of several American finches of which the male is
bright red with a black face and a pointed bunch of feathers
on its head

How do you use it?
  Our new binoculars made it much easier to watch the cardinals
build nests in our pine trees.

Are you a word wiz?
  "Cardinal" derives from the Latin word "cardo." What do you
think "cardo" mean?

  A. heart
  B. height
  C. hinge
  D. hope

Answer: 
  The hinge is an important piece of hardware, being the point
upon which a door turns. The Romans therefore gave the word
"cardo," or "hinge," the additional meanings of "something on
which a development turns" and "something very important."
They also created "cardinalis," meaning "very important,
chief." Later, the Roman Catholic Church used "cardinalis" in
referring to principal churches and priests. By the late
Middle Ages, "cardinalis" was being used for "a clergyman of
the highest rank, next to the pope." In English, "cardinalis"
became "cardinal." And what of the finches? The bird's deep
red color reminded people of the color of a cardinal's robes.