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rubberneck \RUHB-er-nek\

verb:

1. to look about or stare with great curiosity, as by craning the neck or turning the head.
2. to gawk at: The tieup was due to drivers rubbernecking an accident
 
bucolic \byoo-KOL-ik\

adjective;

1. of, pertaining to, or suggesting an idyllic rural life.
2. of or pertaining to shepherds; pastoral.
 
prudent \PROO-dunt\

adjective:


1. marked by wisdom or judiciousness
2. shrewd in the management of practical affairs
3. cautious, discreet
4. thrifty, frugal
 
tatterdemalion \tat-er-di-MEYL-yuhn, -MAL-\

adjective:

1. ragged; unkempt or dilapidated.

noun:

1. a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.
 
schism \SIZ-uhm, SKIZ-\

noun:

1. division or disunion, especially into mutually opposed parties.
2. the parties so formed.
 
germinate \JEM-uh-nit, -neyt\

adjective:

1. Also, geminated. combined or arranged in pairs; twin; coupled.

verb:

1. to make or become doubled or paired.
 
sudser \SUHD-zer\

noun:

1. Informal. any movie, play, or the like that is designed to provoke a tearful response.
2. Informal. a soap opera.
 
apothegm \AP-uh-them\

noun:

1. a short, pithy, instructive saying; a terse remark or aphorism.
 
yestreen \ye-STREEN\

adverb:

1. during yesterday evening.

noun:

1. yesterday evening; last evening.
 
eternize \ih-TUR-nahyz\

verb:

1. to make eternal; perpetuate.
2. to immortalize.
 
quidnunc \KWID-nuhngk\

noun:

1. a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip; a gossip or busybody.
 
gainsay \GEYN-sey, geyn-SEY\

verb:

1. to deny, dispute, or contradict.
2. to speak or act against; oppose.
 
middling \MID-ling\

adjective:

1. mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; pedestrian: The restaurant's entrées are no better than middling.
2. medium, moderate, or average in size, quantity, or quality: The returns on such a large investment may be only middling.
 
agog \uh-GOG\

adjective:

1. highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation, etc.

adverb:

1. in a state of eager desire; excitedly.
 
extemporize \ik-STEM-puh-rahyz\

verb:

1. to speak with little or no advance preparation: He can extemporize on any of a number of subjects.
2. to sing, or play on an instrument, composing the music as one proceeds; improvise.
 
moonbow \MOON-boh\

noun:

1. a rainbow caused by the refraction and reflection of light from the moon.
 
jiggery-pokery \JIG-uh-ree-POH-kuh-ree\

noun:

1. Chiefly British. trickery, hocus-pocus; fraud; humbug.
2. Chiefly British. sly, underhanded action.
 
oxter \OK-ster\

noun:

1. Scot. and North England. the armpit.
 
cryptozoology \krip-toh-zoh-OL-uh-jee\

noun:

1. the study of evidence tending to substantiate the existence of, or the search for, creatures whose reported existence is unproved, as the Abominable Snowman or the Loch Ness monster.
 
floccipaucinihilipilification \flok-suh-naw-suh-nahy-hil-uh-pil-uh-fi-KEY-shuh n\

noun:

1. Rare. the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
 
holophrase \HOL-uh-freyz, HOH-luh-\

noun:

1. a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative Go!
 
schadenfreude shahd-n-froi-duh

noun:

1. satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.

That rude loudmouth they paired me up with misses a 3 foot put for bogie. Schadenfreude!
 
telesthesia \tuhl-uhs-THEE-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh\

noun:

1. sensation or perception received at a distance without the normal operation of the recognized sense organs.
 
aggrandize \uh-GRAN-dahyz, AG-ruhn-dahyz\

verb:

1. to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
2. to make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor.
 
urbane \ur-BEYN\

adjective:

1. having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities: an urbane manner.
2. reflecting elegance, sophistication, etc., especially in expression: He maintained an urbane tone in his letters.
 
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