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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.
ASSUASIVE
adjective
Pronounced: aw-SWAY-siv
Meaning: Having a pleasantly soothing quality or effect; calming.
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BALLYHOOED
verb
Pronounced: BAL-lee-hooed
Meaning: Drummed up interest in by means of exaggerated, flamboyant publicity.
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CATAWBA
noun
Pronounced: cah-TAW-ba
Meaning: A very dark to blackish red.
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DEVOTIONS
noun singular; singular: DEVOTION
Pronounced: dee-VO-shun
Meaning: Prayers or service of worship, usually intended for private non-liturgical services.
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ENACT
verb
Pronounced: in-AKT
Meaning: Make into a law, especially perform the last aspect of legislation upon a bill that gives the validity of law.
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FLOE
noun
Pronounced: FLOW
Meaning: Floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of the sea or other body of water.
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GOOGOL
noun
Pronounced: GOO-gull
Meaning: The figure 1 followed by 100 zeroes equal to a number that is ten to the 100th power.
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HIATUS
noun
Pronounced: high-ATE-us
Meaning: Gap; aperture.
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ICARIAN
adjective
Pronounced: ih-CARE-ree-in
Meaning: Inadequate for or incapable of bringing about an ambitious project.
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JOINERY
noun
Pronounced: JOY-nur-ree
Meaning: The fastening together of pieces of wood to construct furniture, cabinetry or other articles.
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KIKEPA
noun
Pronounced: kih-KAY-puh
Meaning: A sarong worn by Hawaiian women with the top under one arm and over the shoulder of the opposite arm.
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LEXICOLOGY
noun
Pronounced: lecks-sih-COL-lah-gee
Meaning: The science of the derivation and signification of words.
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MOMUS
noun
Pronounced: MO-muss
Meaning: A carping critic; fault finder.
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NIX
noun
Pronounced: NICKS
Meaning: A creature originating in German folklore, usually having the form of half-human and half-fish and usually unfriendly to humans.
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ODORANT
adjective
Pronounced: OH-dough-rent
Meaning: Anything that emits a scent.
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PARANDRUS
noun
Pronounced: PEAR-ann-druss
Meaning: A mythical stag being able to change colors like the chameleon.
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QUOTIDIAN
adjective
Pronounced: kow-TID-dee-an
Meaning: Daily; ordinary or everyday, something that recurs daily.
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RECONSTITUTE
verb
Pronounced: ree-KON-stih-tue-t
Meaning: Restore the composition of an item by adding water.
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SCRIM
noun
Pronounced: SCRIHM
Meaning: A transparent theater drop or a transparent section in a drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent when a scene in the back is lighted.
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TRILOGY
noun
Pronounced: TRILL-oh-gee
Meaning: A series of three dramas, literary or musical compositions that although each is in one sense complete, have a close mutual relation and form one theme or develop aspects of one basic concept.
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UNLAURELED
adjective
Pronounced: un-LORE-alld
Meaning: Having no acclaim or reward.
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VERSICLE
noun
Pronounced: VER-sick-el
Meaning: A brief poem or set of metrical lines.
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WARBONNET
noun
Pronounced: WORE-bon-net
Meaning: An American Indian ceremonial headdress with a feathered extension down the back.
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XANADU
noun
Pronounced: ZAN-uh-doo
Meaning: A place of great beauty, luxury and contentment.
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YIN & YANG
noun
Pronounced: YIN / YANG
Meaning: Two principles: one negative, dark and feminine (YIN) and one positive, bright and masculine (YANG), whose interaction influences the destinies of creatures and things.
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ZAFTIG
adjective
Pronounced: ZAFF-tig
Meaning: Having a pleasantly plump figure; juicy or succulent.
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YAKUZA
noun
Pronounced: YAH-koo-zah
Meaning: Any of various tightly-knit crime syndicates of Japan; a gangster.
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ZYDECO
noun
Pronounced: ZI-deck-ko
Meaning: A blues-influenced type of Cajun dance music popular in Louisiana and Texas, usually played on accordion, guitar and violin.
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ARRANT
adjective
Pronounced: AIR-rent
Meaning: Thorough; unmitigated; wandering.
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BEATIFY
verb
Pronounced: bee-AT-tih-fye
Meaning: To make blissfully happy.
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CADGE
verb
Pronounced: CADJ
Meaning: To obtain by begging or imposing on another's generosity.
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DECORUM
noun
Pronounced: deh-CORE-rum
Meaning: Dignified propriety of conduct, manners or appearance.
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EQUIVOCATE
verb
Pronounced: ee-KWI-voh-kate
Meaning: To use ambiguous or unclear expressions.
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FELICITOUS
adjective
Pronounced: fuh-LIH-sit-tuss
Meaning: Well-suited for the occasion; Having a special ability for suitable manner or expression, as a person; enjoyable; pleasant.
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GARRULOUS
adjective
Pronounced: GARE-ruh-luss
Meaning: Excessively talkative in a rambling manner, especially about trivial matters.
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HIRSUTE
adjective
Pronounced: HERE-suit
Meaning: Hairy; shaggy; of, pertaining to or characteristic of hair.
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INVEIGH
verb
Pronounced: in-VAY
Meaning: To protest strongly or attack vehemently with words; to rail against.
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JIM CROW
noun
Pronounced: GEM CROH
Meaning: A practice or policy of segregating or discriminating against blacks.
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KOSHER
adjective
Pronounced: KOH-shure
Meaning: Fit or allowed to be eaten or used, according to the dietary of ceremonial laws of Judaism.