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alexithymia \ey-lek-suh-THAHY-mee-uh\

noun:

1. Psychiatry. difficulty in experiencing, expressing, and describing emotional responses.
 
parvenu \PAHR-vuh-noo, -nyoo, pahr-vuh-NOO, -NYOO\

noun:

1. a person who has recently or suddenly acquired wealth, importance, position, or the like, but has not yet developed the conventionally appropriate manners, dress, surroundings, etc.

adjective:

1. being or resembling a parvenu.
2. characteristic of a parvenu.
 
tumescent \too-MES-uh nt, tyoo-\

adjective:

1. pompous and pretentious, especially in the use of language; bombastic.
2. swelling; slightly tumid.
 
Jejune \ji-JOON\

adjective:

1. without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel.
2. juvenile; immature; childish: jejune behavior.
 
divulgate \dih-VUHL-geyt\

verb:

1. Archaic. to make publicly known; publish.
 
bromide \BROH-mahyd, BROH-mid\

noun:

1. a platitude or trite saying.
2. Chemistry. a. a salt of hydrobromic acid consisting of two elements, one of which is bromine, as sodium bromide, NaBr. b. a compound containing bromine, as methyl bromide.
 
cognoscenti \kon-yuh-SHEN-tee, kog-nuh-\

noun:

1. persons who have superior knowledge and understanding of a particular field, especially in the fine arts, literature, and world of fashion.
 
obstreperous \uh b-STREP-er-uh s\

adjective:

1. resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
2. noisy, clamorous, or boisterous: obstreperous children.
 
ides \ahydz\

noun:

1. (used with a singular or plural verb) (in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
 
shirk \shurk\

verb:

1. to evade work, duty, etc.
2. to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
 
oneiric \oh-NAHY-rik\

adjective:

1. of or relating to dreams.
 
haplography \hap-LOG-ruh-fee\

noun:

1. the accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, as in Missippi for Mississippi.
 
mawkish \MAW-kish\

adjective:

1. characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.
2. having a mildly sickening flavor; slightly nauseating.
 
dithyramb \DITH-uh-ram, -ramb\

noun:

1. any wildly enthusiastic speech or writing.
2. a Greek choral song or chant of vehement or wild character and of usually irregular form, originally in honor of Dionysus or Bacchus.
 
kakistocracy \kak-uh-STOK-ruh-see\

noun:

1. government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons are in power.
 
scuttlebutt \SKUHT-l-buht\

noun:

1. Informal. rumor or gossip.
2. Nautical. a. an open cask of drinking water. b. a drinking fountain for use by the crew of a vessel.
 
convine \KON-vahyv\

noun:

1. an eating or drinking companion; fellow diner or drinker.
 
fugleman \FYOO-guhl-muhn\

noun:

1. a person who heads a group, company, political party, etc.; a leader or manager.
2. (formerly) a soldier placed in front of a military company as a good model during training drills.
 
tremulous \TREM-yuh-luhs\

adjective:

1. (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
2. timid; timorous; fearful.
 
taphephobia \taf-uh-FOH-bee-uh\

noun:

1. Psychiatry. an abnormal fear of being buried alive.
 
lycanthrope \LAHY-kuhn-throhp, lahy-KAN-throhp\

noun:

1. a werewolf or alien spirit in the physical form of a bloodthirsty wolf.
2. a person affected with lycanthropy.
 
Jotunheim \YAW-toon-heym\

noun:

1. Scandinavian Mythology. the outer world, or realm of giants; Utgard.
 
barghest \BAHR-gest\

noun:

1. a legendary doglike goblin believed to portend death or misfortune.
 
epicedium \ep-uh-SEE-dee-uhm, -si-DAHY-uh m \

noun:

1. a funeral song; dirge.
 
ferhoodle \fer-HOOD-l\

verb:

1. Chiefly Pennsylvania German Area. to confuse or mix up: Don't ferhoodle the things in that drawer.
 
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