Uncommon
repugnant
[ri-puhg-nuhnt]
in conflict with; incompatible with
kith
[kith]
acquaintances, friends, neighbors, or the like; persons living in the same general locality and forming a more or less cohesive group
quotidian
[kwoh-tid-ee-uh]
daily
penchant
[pen-chuhnt]
a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something
demarcate
[dih-mahr-keyt]
to determine or mark off the boundaries or limits of
inimitable
[ih-nim-i-tuh-buhl]
incapable of being imitated or copied; surpassing imitation; matchless
haboob
[huh-boob]
a thick dust storm or sandstorm that blows in the deserts of North Africa and Arabia or on the plains of India
invigilate
[in-vij-uh-leyt]
to keep watch
trenchant
[tren-chuhnt]
incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting
provident
[prov-i-duhnt]
having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future
tomfoolery
[tom-foo-luh-ree]
a silly act, matter, or thing
forestall
[fohr-stawl]
to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance
chthonic
[tha-nik]
of or relating to the deities, spirits, and other beings dwelling under the earth
insatiable
[in-sey-shuh-buhl]
not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
pugnacious
[puhg-ney-shuhs]
inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative
arcane
[ahr-keyn]
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric
fecund
[fee-kuhn]
producing or capable of producing offspring, fruit, vegetation, etc. in abundance; prolific; fruitful
peregrinate
[per-i-gruh-neyt]
to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot
lucrative
[loo-kruh-tiv]
profitable; moneymaking; remunerative
expurgate
[ek-sper-geyt]
to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable
gait
[geyt]
a manner of walking, stepping, or running
pristine
[pris-teen]
having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
egregious
[ih-gree-juhs]
extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagr
undulating
[uhn-juh-leyt-ing]
having a sinuous or wavelike shape or motion