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whippersnapper \HWIP-er-snap-er, WIP-\

noun:

1. a young and inexperienced person considered to be presumptuous or overconfident.
 
Weltanschauug \VELT-ahn-shou-oong\

noun:

1. German. a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity's relation to it.
 
thalassic \thuh-LAS-ik\

adjective:

1. of or pertaining to seas and oceans.
2. of or pertaining to smaller bodies of water, as seas and gulfs, as distinguished from large oceanic bodies.
 
subfuscous \suhb-FUHS-kuhs\

adjective:

1. slightly dark, dusky, or somber.
 
chutzpa \KHOOT-spuh, HOOT-\

noun:

1. Slang. unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall.
2. Slang. audacity; nerve.
 
beforetime \bih-FAWR-tahym, -FOHR-\

adverb:

1. Archaic. formerly.
 
mysophobia \ mahy-suh-FOH-bee-uh \

noun:

1. Psychiatry . a dread of dirt or filth
 
larrikin \LAR-i-kin\

adjective:

1. disorderly; rowdy.

noun:

1. a street rowdy; hoodlum.
 
edutainment \ej-oo-TEYN-muhnt\

noun:

1. television programs, movies, books, etc., that are both educational and entertaining, especially those intended primarily for children in the elementary grades.
 
rubricate \ROO-bri-keyt\

verb:

1. to mark or color with red.
2. to furnish with or regulate by rubrics.
 
viridescent \vir-i-DES-uhnt\

adjective:

1. slightly green; greenish.
 
My word of the day "Belong"
Now I will use it in a sentence.
Phil be short and Shane BeLong (not talking about golf :p)

threeboysdad said:
That's funny you picked that. At our HS games one team is the Bobcats and when everyone is in on the tackle I have been trying to get him to say that but he just can't muster up the courage to spit it out....lol
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consanguinity \kon-sang-GWIN-i-tee\

noun:

1. close relationship or connection.
2. relationship by descent from a common ancestor; kinship (distinguished from affinity).
 
Christmastide \KRIS-muhs-tahyd\

noun:

1. the festival season from Christmas to after New Year's Day.
2. the period from Christmas Eve to Epiphany, especially in England.
 
moosemilk




\MOOS-milk\

noun:

1. Canadian. homemade or bootleg whiskey.
2. Canadian. a cocktail of whiskey or rum and milk.
 
frenetic \fruh-NET-ik\

adjective:

1. frantic; frenzied.
 
vinous \VAHY-nuhs\

adjective:

1. of, resembling, or containing wine.
2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of wine: a vinous fragrance.
 
mirth \murth\

noun:

1. gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter: the excitement and mirth of the holiday season.
2. amusement or laughter: He was unable to conceal his mirth.
 
evanesce \ev-uh-NES, EV-uh-nes\

verb:

1. to disappear gradually; vanish; fade away.
 
flapdragon \FLAP-drag-uhn\

noun:

1. an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
2. the object so caught and eaten.
 
incunabula \in-kyoo-NAB-yuh-luh, ing-\

noun:

1. the earliest stages or first traces of anything.
2. extant copies of books produced in the earliest stages (before 1501) of printing from movable type.
 
remunerative \ri-MYOO-ner-uh-tiv, -nuh-rey-tiv\

adjective:

1. affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
2. that remunerates.
 
in·un·date
ˈinənˌdāt/





verb
[COLOR=#878787 !important]past tense: inundated; past participle: inundated[/COLOR]

  • 1.
    overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with.
    [COLOR=#878787 !important]"we've been inundated with complaints from listeners"



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This word just DRIVES me crazy. A lady that works for me uses it multiple times a day to let me and everyone else know just how busy she is. Like fingernails on the chalk board kind of crazy
 
niveous \NIV-ee-uhs\

adjective:

1. resembling snow, especially in whiteness; snowy.
 
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