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hokum \HOH-kuhm\

noun:

1. out-and-out nonsense; bunkum.
2. elements of low comedy introduced into a play, novel, etc., for the laughs they may bring.
 
penultimate \pi-NUHL-tuh-mit\

adjective:

1. next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play.
2. of or pertaining to a penult.
 
I don't know exactly why, but penultimate is my next to favorite word...only fortnight may be better.
 
adwillingham said:
I don't know exactly why, but penultimate is my next to favorite word...only fortnight may be better.
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I'm that way about esoteric, love it for some reason.
 
xyst \zist\:

noun

1. (in an ancient Roman villa) a garden walk planted with trees.
2. (in ancient Greek and Roman architecture) a covered portico, as a promenade.
 
braggart \BRAG-ert\

noun;
1. a person who does a lot of bragging.

adjective:
1. bragging; boastful.
 
gnomist \NOH-mist\

noun:

1. a writer of aphorisms.
 
embroil \em-BROIL\

verb:

1. to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife.
2. to throw into confusion; complicate.
 
sparge \spahrj\

verb:

1. to scatter or sprinkle.
 
onomasticon \on-uh-MAS-ti-kon, -kuhn\

noun:

1. a list or collection of proper names.
2. a list or collection of specialized terms, as those used in a particular field or subject area.
 
DawgDaddy said:
onomasticon \on-uh-MAS-ti-kon, -kuhn\

noun:

1. a list or collection of proper names.
2. a list or collection of specialized terms, as those used in a particular field or subject area.
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Like putters
 
peregrine \PER-i-grin, -green, -grahyn\

adjective:

1. foreign; alien; coming from abroad.
2. wandering, traveling, or migrating.
 
crapulous \KRAP-yuh-luhs\

adjective:

1. given to or characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating.
2. suffering from or due to such excess.
 
prate \preyt\

verb:

1. to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble: They prated on until I was ready to scream.
2. to utter in empty or foolish talk: to prate absurdities with the greatest seriousness.
 
strident \STRAHYD-nt\

adjective:

1. making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges.
2. having a shrill, irritating quality or character: a strident tone in his writings.
 
prevaricator \pri-VAR-i-key-ter\

noun:

1. a person who speaks falsely; liar.
2. a person who speaks so as to avoid the precise truth; quibbler; equivocator.
 
Inundated

overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with

I have a lady that reports to me that uses this word when I ask her a question probably 1-2 times every date. In a sentence..."No Mike I havent been able to do the report you asked, Ive been INUNDATED with blah blah blah all day"
 
foray \FAWR-ey, FOR-ey\

noun:

1. a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a foray on the port.
2. a quick, sudden attack: The defenders made a foray outside the walls.
 
gloze \glohz\

verb:

1. to explain away; extenuate; gloss over (usually followed by over).
2. Archaic. to make glosses; comment.
 
Cool thread. I am a vocabulary ho. Enjoy it now fellow ho's, meticulous use of vocabulary and the English language is increasingly being eschewed by younger generations, and will undoubtedly become the province of a small underground minority.

[h=2]par·si·mo·ni·ous[/h] adjective \ˌpär-sə-ˈmō-nē-əs\

1. Frugal to the point of stinginess
2. Sparing, restrained
 
ambulant \AM-byuh-luhnt\

adjective:

1. moving from place to place; itinerant; shifting.
2. Medicine/Medical. a. not confined to bed; able or strong enough to walk. b. serving patients who are able to walk.
 
DawgDaddy said:
ambulant \AM-byuh-luhnt\

adjective:

1. moving from place to place; itinerant; shifting.
2. Medicine/Medical. a. not confined to bed; able or strong enough to walk. b. serving patients who are able to walk.
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Can i use this word to describe my putter?

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begat \bih-GET\

verb:

1. (especially of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
2. to cause; produce as an effect: a belief that power begets power.
 
gallinipper \GAL-uh-nip-er\

noun:

1. Informal. any of various insects that sting or bite, especially a large American mosquito, Psorophora ciliata.
 
transfigure \trans-FIG-yer or, esp. British, -FIG-er\

verb:

1. to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
2. to change so as to glorify or exalt.
 
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