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funambulist \fyoo-NAM-byuh-list\

noun:

1. a tightrope walker.
 
paramnesia \par-am-NEE-zhuh\

noun:

1. Psychiatry. a distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.
2. the inability to recall the correct meaning of a word.
 
malarkey \muh-LAHR-kee\

noun:

1. Informal. speech or writing designed to obscure, mislead, or impress; bunkum: The claims were just a lot of malarkey.
 
boodle \BOOD-l\

noun:

1. the lot, pack, or crowd: Send the whole boodle back to the factory.
2. a large quantity of something, especially money: He's worth a boodle.
 
fabular \FAB-yuh-ler\

adjective:

1. of or pertaining to a story, novel, or the like written in the form of a fable.
 
oology \oh-OL-uh-jee\

noun:

1. the branch of ornithology that studies birds' eggs.
 
panoply \PAN-uh-plee\

noun:

1. a wide-ranging and impressive array or display: the dazzling panoply of the maharaja's procession; the panoply of European history.
2. a complete suit of armor.
 
diddle \DID-l\

verb:

1. Informal. to cheat; swindle; hoax.
 
badinage \bad-n-AHZH, BAD-n-ij\

noun:

1. light, playful banter or raillery.
 
brume \broom\

noun:

1. mist; fog.
 
galenical \gey-LEN-i-kuhl, guh-\

noun:

1. an herb or other vegetable drug, distinguished from a mineral or chemical drug.
2. a crude drug, tincture, or decoction, distinguished from a preparation that has been refined.
 
polyglot \POL-ee-glot\

adjective:

1. containing, composed of, or written in several languages: a polyglot Bible.
2. able to speak or write several languages; multilingual.
 
caseous \KEY-see-uhs\

adjective:

1. of or like cheese.
 
argot \AHR-goh, -guht\

noun:

1. the special vocabulary and idiom of a particular profession or social group: sociologists' argot.
2. a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification: a Restoration play rich in thieves' argot.
 
I forgot to post yesterday's word so here it is

derring-do \DER-ing-DOO\

noun:

1. daring deeds; heroic daring.
 
schlemiel \shluh-MEEL\

noun:

1. Slang. an awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right.
 
grubstake \GRUHB-steyk\

noun:

1. money or other assistance furnished at a time of need or of starting an enterprise.
2. provisions, gear, etc., furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any discoveries
 
bunkum \BUHNG-kuhm\

noun:

1. insincere speechmaking by a politician intended merely to please local constituents.
2. insincere talk; claptrap; humbug.
 
asafetida \as-uh-FET-i-duh\

noun:

1. a soft, brown, lumpy gum resin having a bitter, acrid taste and an obnoxious odor, obtained from the roots of several Near Eastern plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family: formerly used in medicine as a carminative and antispasmodic. Also, asafoetida, asfetida.
 
brio \BREE-oh\

noun:

1. vigor; vivacity.
 
Atticism \AT-uh-siz-uhm\

noun:

1. concise and elegant expression, diction, or the like.
2. the style or idiom of Attic Greek occurring in another dialect or language.
 
gauche \gohsh\

adjective:

1. lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless: Their exquisite manners always make me feel gauche.
 
mirepoix \mir-PWAH\

noun:

1. a flavoring made from diced vegetables, seasonings, herbs, and sometimes meat, often placed in a pan to cook with meat or fish.
2. finely chopped vegetables, as onions and carrots, sometimes with meat, often used as a bed for meat that is to be braised.
 
bolide \BOH-lahyd, -lid\

noun:

1. a large, brilliant meteor, especially one that explodes; fireball.
 
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