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Click hereWhenever I read, I keep a pencil handy and I underline words that I don't know and dog ear the page so that I can go back and look them up in the dictionary. I have always been interested in etymology and even took Latin for three years. I hope that these words can help all of us in our writings. Be sure to check out your dictionary for additional usages of the words and spellings associated with changing the word from adjective to adverb to noun ... etc.
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AMBIVALENT
adjective
Pronounced: am-BIV-vull-lent
Meaning: Characterized by, suggestive of, motivated by or exhibiting contradictory emotional or psychological attitude.
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BUFFOONERY
noun
Pronounced: buh-FOON-err-ree
Meaning: The practices of a clown or a clownish person, especially coarse, loutish behavior.
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CADRE
noun
Pronounced: KAH-dray
Meaning: A nucleus or core group, especially of trained personnel or active members of an organization who are capable of assuming leadership or of training and indoctrinating others.
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DESICCATE
verb
Pronounced: DESS-sih-kate
Meaning: Dry up or cause to dry up; deprive or exhaust of moisture.
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EDIFICATION
noun
Pronounced: ed-diff-ih-KAY-shun
Meaning: A building up of the mind, character or faith; intellectual, moral or spiritual improvement.
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FANATICISM
noun
Pronounced: fuh-NAT-tih-cizm
Meaning: Excessive enthusiasm and intense uncritical devotion, usually toward some controversial matter (as religion, politics or philosophy).
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GROVEL
noun
Pronounced: GRAH-vell
Meaning: Creep on the earth or with the face to the ground as one's natural gait or manner of locomotion.
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HAGGARD
adjective
Pronounced: HA-gurd
Meaning: Having a worn or emaciated appearance caused by suffering, anxiety or age.
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IMMURED
verb
Pronounced: emm-MURR-d
Meaning: Enclosed within or as if within walls.
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JUNKET
noun
Pronounced: JUN-ket
Meaning: A pleasure trip or tour made by an official at public expense ostensibly for purposes of inspection, investigation or other public business.
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LARCENY
noun
Pronounced: LARR-sin-ee
Meaning: The unlawful taking or carrying away of personal property without the consent of its lawful possessor.
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MENSURATION
noun
Pronounced: men-sure-RAY-shun
Meaning: The act, process, art or an instance of measuring; measurement.
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NEPOTISM
noun
Pronounced: NEH-poe-tizm
Meaning: Favoritism shown to relatives (as by giving them positions because of their relationship rather than on their merits).
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OBSTINATE
adjective
Pronounced: AHB-stin-net
Meaning: Adhering to an opinion, purpose or course.
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PERUSE
verb
Pronounced: pur-ROOZ
Meaning: Read, specifically read through or read over with some attention and typically for the purpose of discovering or noting one or more specific points.
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QUADRALINGUAL
adjective
Pronounced: kwa-dra-LING-gwal
Meaning: Speaking of having knowledge of four languages.
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RECOGNIZANCE
noun
Pronounced: ree-COG-niz-zence
Meaning: An obligation of record entered into before a court or magistrate requiring the performance of an act (as appearance in court) usually under penalty of money forfeiture.
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SLEUTH
verb
Pronounced: SLOO-th
Meaning: Act as a detective or investigator; search for information of facts.
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TIERCE
noun
Pronounced: TEARS
Meaning: A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit.
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UMPIRAGE
noun
Pronounced: UMM-peer-idge
Meaning: An act or instance of deciding in the capacity of one having authority to arbitrate and make a final decision.
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VISCOUS
adjective
Pronounced: VISS-cuss
Meaning: Having the physical property of a fluid or semi fluid that enables it to develop a certain amount of shearing stress dependent upon the velocity of the flow and then to offer continued resistance to the flow.
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WATTLE
noun
Pronounced: WAH-tull
Meaning: A fabrication of rods or poles interwoven with slender branches or reeds.
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XENOPHOBIA
noun
Pronounced: zee-know-FO-bee-uh
Meaning: An unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or that which is foreign or strange.
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YOGI
noun
Pronounced: YO-gee
Meaning: A person who practices yoga.
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ZOANTHROPY
noun
Pronounced: zoe-AN-throw-pee
Meaning: A mental disorder in which one believes oneself to be an animal.
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NOSTRUM
noun
Pronounced: NO-strum
Meaning: A medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims; quack medicine.
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OSSIFY
verb
Pronounced: AW-sif-fi
Meaning: To convert into or cause to harden like bone.
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PRAGMATIC
adjective
Pronounced: prag-MAH-tick
Meaning: Concerned with practical considerations or consequences; having a practical point of view.
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QUIXOTIC
adjective
Pronounced: quicks-AW-tick
Meaning: Extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary; impractical.
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REPROBATE
noun
Pronounced: ree-PRO-bate
Meaning: A depraved or wicked person; A person who is beyond hope or redemption.
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STRIATION
noun
Pronounced: stry-AY-shun
Meaning: Striped, grooved or banded; having stripes.
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TRANSIENT
adjective
Pronounced: TRAN-see-ent
Meaning: Not lasting, enduring or permanent; transitory.
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UPBRAID
verb
Pronounced: UP-brayd
Meaning: To find fault with or reproach severely; censure.
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VERITABLE
adjective
Pronounced: VER-it-tuh-bull
Meaning: Being truly or very much so; genuine or real.
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WEND
verb
Pronounced: WIND
Meaning: To pursue or direct one's way.
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XYLOTOMOUS
adjective
Pronounced: zy-LOT-toe-muss
Meaning: Boring into or cutting wood, as certain insects.