Fun
razzmatazz
[raz-muh-taz]
razzle-dazzle, or showiness, brilliance, or virtuosity in technique or effect
flibbertigibbet
[flib-er-tee-jib-it]
a frivolous, flighty, or excessively talkative person
agog
[uh-gog]
highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation, etc.
adulate
[aj-uh-leyt]
to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely
malarkey
[muh-lahr-kee]
meaningless talk; nonsense
oxymoron
[ok-si-mawr-on]
a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly"
dapper
[dap-er ]
neat; trim; smart
spellbinding
[spel-bahynd-ing]
holding one's attention completely as though by magic; fascinating
baste
[beyst]
to sew with long, loose stitches, as in temporarily tacking together pieces of a garment while it is being made
jubilee
[joo-buh-lee]
the celebration of any certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee), fiftieth (golden jubilee), or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
frolic
[frol-ik]
to gambol merrily; to play in a frisky, light-spirited manner; romp
beck
[bek]
a gesture used to signal, summon, or direct someone
ado
[uh-doo]
busy activity or bustle; fuss; bother
gargantuan
[gahr-gan-choo-uhn]
gigantic; enormous; colossal
superfluous
[soo-pur-floo-uhs]
being more than is sufficient or required; excessive
anthropomorphic
[an-thruh-puh-mawr-fik]
ascribing human form or attributes to a being or thing not human
hodgepodge
[hoj-poj]
a heterogeneous mixture; jumble
brouhaha
[broo-hah-hah]
a noisy and overexcited reaction or response to something
berserk
[ber-surk]
out of control with anger or excitement; wild or frenzied
utopia
[yoo-toh-pee-uh]
an ideal place or state
peevish
[pee-vish]
showing annoyance, irritation, or bad mood
hootenanny
[hoot-n-an-ee, hoot-nan-ee]
a social gathering or informal concert featuring folk singing and, sometimes, dancing
balk
[bawk ]
to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified
saccharine
[sak-er-in]
of the nature of or resembling that of sugar