Fun

agog

[uh-gog]

highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation, etc.

pompous

[pom-puhs]

characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance

snafu

[sna-foo]

a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation

pummel

[puhm-uhl ]

to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists

vagarious

[vuh-gair-ee-uhs]

erratic and unpredictable in behavior or direction

dunce

[duhns]

a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt

antic

[an-tik]

a playful trick or prank; caper

baste

[beyst]

to sew with long, loose stitches, as in temporarily tacking together pieces of a garment while it is being made

maverick

[mav-er-ik]

a lone dissenter, such as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from their peers

saccharine

[sak-er-in]

of the nature of or resembling that of sugar

highfalutin

[hahy-fuh-loot-n]

seeming or trying to seem superior, important, etc.; pompous; pretentious

futz

[fuhts]

a fool; simpleton

bombastic

[bom-bas-tik]

high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious

piffle

[pif-uhl]

nonsense, as trivial or senseless talk

dispel

[dih-spel]

to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate

gargantuan

[gahr-gan-choo-uhn]

gigantic; enormous; colossal

quirk

[kwurk]

a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism

sesquipedalian

[ses-kwi-pi-dey-lee-uhn]

characterized by long words

vaudeville

[vawd-vill]

theatrical entertainment consisting of a number of individual performances, acts, or mixed numbers, as by comedians, singers, dancers, acrobats, and magicians