Hold onto your hats but this is a Word of the Day from January 1st. Wow! transmute means to change from one nature or form into another. In essence, turning over a new leaf.
Apogee: the farthest or highest point. You haven't picniced until you've picniced on Picnic Mountain. This was the Word Of The Day on January 17. To see another adaption of the same word see Bearskinrug.