For that very reason I suggest my kids study latin, it increases the vocabulary and ability to define words tremendously.
I took a course in college where all we did was study greek and latin roots, suffixes and prefixes and I recall my vocabulary and ability to define words at the time was really helpful, especially in law school.
Good link on some of this here:
http://www.virtualsalt.com/roots.htm
I do think it is worth noting that Monet may have picked that date because it is indeed a palindrome. Palindromes are of much significance in both Hinduism and Buddhism and the Pali and Sanskrit languages all of which are used by those who study occult sciences and magic.
I do believe coastal may have found the reason she picked that date.
From Wiki:
Palindromes of considerable complexity were experimented with in Sanskrit poetry. An example which has been called "the most complex and exquisite type of palindrome ever invented",[1] appears in the 19th canto of the 8th century epic poem śiśupāla-vadha by Magha. It yields the same text if read forwards, backwards, down, or up:
sa-kA-ra-nA-nA-ra-kA-sa-
kA-ya-sA-da-da-sA-ya-kA
ra-sA-ha-vA vA-ha-sA-ra-
nA-da-vA-da-da-vA-da-nA.
(nA da vA da da vA da nA
ra sA ha vA vA ha sA ra
kA ya sA da da sA ya kA
sa kA ra nA nA ra kA sa)