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shambolic
[sham-bol-ik]
very disorganized; messy or confused

knackered
[nak-erd]
exhausted; very tired

bougie
[boo-zhee, ‐jee]
relating to or characteristic of a person who indulges in some of the luxuries and comforts of a fancy lifestyle; relating to or characteristic of a person who aspires to the upper middle class, especially when regarded as being elitist or snobbish

blatherskite
[blath-er-skahyt]
a person given to voluble, empty talk; nonsense; blather
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exacerbation
[ig-zas-er-bey-shuhn]
the act of making a negative situation feel worse than it is

paraselene
[par-uh-si-lee-nee]
Meteorology—a bright moonlike spot on a lunar halo; a mock moon

futz
[fuhts]
a fool; simpleton

abstruse
[ab-stroos]
difficult to understand; obscure

abjure
[ab-joor, ab-jur]
solemnly renounce

riposte
[ri-pohst]
a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism

claptrap
[klap-trap]
absurd or nonsensical talk or ideas

achene
[ey-keen]
a small, dry one-seeded fruit that does not open to release the seed

pecuniary
[pi-kyoo-nee-er-ee]
of or relating to money

polemic
[puh-lem-ik]
a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.

milquetoast
[milk-tohst]
a very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated

blatherskite
[blath-er-skahyt]
a person given to voluble, empty talk; nonsense; blather

dissemble
[dih-sem-buhl]
to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of

malapropism
[mal-uh-prop-iz-uhm]
an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound

chasm
[kaz-uhm]
a yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface; gorge

insidious
[in-sid-ee-uhs]
intended to entrap or beguile

pulchritude
[puhl-kri-tood]
physical beauty; comeliness

palfrey
[pawl-free]
a docile horse used for ordinary riding, especially by women

penultimate
[pi-nuhl-tuh-mit]
next to the last

elide
[ih-lahyd]
to suppress or omit; ignore or pass over

jejune
[ji-joon]
(of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting

shear
[sheer]
to cut something; to remove by or as if by cutting or clipping with a sharp instrument

aerostat
[air-uh-stat]
an airship or hot-air balloon, especially one that is tethered

plumbeous
[pluhm-bee-uhs]
resembling or containing lead; leaden


















