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	Learn a New Word A few hundred of my favorite words and their origins.						A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

	A accismus acerbic adumbrate afflatus aficionado agitprop aglet ailurophile alma mater amethyst amok anathema ancillary anent anodyne antelucan anthology antic apogee arcadian augean avuncular back to top B badinage bagatelle banana problem banausic bedlam behemoth bellwether berserk besotted biffy bildungsroman billingsgate bissextile blooper bloviate bombastic boondoggle borborygmic bosky boustrophedonic bowlderize boycott brobdingnagian brindled bromide brumal buff bumf bunk bupkes burgeoning back to top C cachinnate cadge caducity caliginous callipygian candidate cantaloupe canter captious cardigan cavil cenacle cereal charlatan chatoyant chiliad chimeric cicatrix cicerone cleave coconut coccyx codswallop comedo comet compound comstockery con concatenation condign conduce connive coprolite cornucopia coruscate cosset costive coulrophobia crapulent crepuscular croupier cynosure back to top D daisy dasypygal deasil decimate defalcate defenestrate démarche denim dernier cri desultory doddle dog days dollars to doughnuts donnybrook doughnutting draconian droog drumble duende dunce back to top E echt effulgent eldritch embonpoint entomophagous ephemeral espirit d'escalier estivate evanesce execrable exiguous back to top F factotum fanatic fantods fatuous feckless fernticle festoon fizzle flews floccinaucinihilipilification flother flummery footle formication foudroyant frisson fulminate fungo furtive fuscous back to top			G galaxy galimatias galoot galvanize gargantuan gemütlich gibbous git gladiolus gobbet gobbledygook gobemouche gorilla gormless gound gowpen gravitas gridiron grig grotesque back to top H halcyon hands down hangdog happy as a clam harbinger hector hircine hoi polloi horripilation hypnagogic hypocorism back to top I ineluctable ignoramus in a nutshell infra dig infucate inglenook insouciance insufflate inveterate isabella izzat back to top J jade jaded january jeans jeremiad jobation juggernaut julep junket back to top K kerfuffle kibitz kickshaw kowtow kudos back to top L lachrymose laconic lacuna lampoon lagniappe leman liripoop lobster Newburg logy loophole louche ludic lugubrious back to top M madefy maffick mall marathon marmoreal martinet maudlin maven maverick mausoleum mawkish meander meldrop mellifluous mendacious mephitis meretricious mesmerize mien mondegreen moniker mordant mosh pit mundungus back to top N nacreous napiform natalitious nekton nephalism niacin nidify nonplussed nosocomephrenia nudiustertian nugatory back to top O Occam's razor octothorp oeillade olla podrida omphaloskepsis oneiric onychophagist opsimath orotund oscitancy oxter back to top			P palilogy palindrome pamphlet panache pander pandiculatio n panic panjandrum panoply pansy parthenogenesis passionflower pavilion pedigree pelf penultimate pereginate perendinate persiflage philtrum picayune Pierian spring pilpul pinniped plethora plutolatry poculation poetaster poinsettia poliosis popliteal poppycock potboiler pratfall precocious prelapsarian preposterous presbyopia procrustean profane prolix protean psephologist psithurism psittacine puckeroo puckish pulchritude pulviscular pusillanimous Pyrrhic back to top Q quagga quidnunc quincunx quotidian back to top R Rashomon rebarbative recondite recrudescence redolent redoubtable rictus rowel ruction back to top S Salisbury steak samizdat sardonic sartorial satire schadenfreude schnorrer scintillating sciolist scuttlebutt seersucker serendipity sequipedalian shambles shibboleth skep skosh skulduggery slob smaze snickersnee snollygoster soccer sockdolager soi-disant solecism sough spam spanghew spartle sphairistic spraints sprezzatura stemwinder stentorian sternutation stilliform Stockholm syndrome stogy Sturm und Drang stymie sub rosa sui generis swan song sybaritic sycophant sylvan symposium syringe back to top T tantalize tarmac tawdry tchotchke tergiversate thank-you-ma'am titivate toady toff tohubohu towheaded tragus trenchant truckle truculent tsimmes tulip tumbler turdiform turkey tuxedo twee back to top U ukulele ultra-crepidarian unctuous uvula uxorious back to top V vaccine vaunt veisalgia vernal vexillologist virgule vitiate back to top W wetware white elephant widdershins wombat back to top X back to top Y back to top Z zedonk Zeitgeist zephyr zinnia zugunruhe zydeco back to top


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