Uncommon

ambrosial

[am-broh-zhuhl]

exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant

alembic

[uh-lem-bik]

anything that transforms, purifies, or refines

eucatastrophe

[yoo-kuh-ta-struh-fee]

a sudden and favorable resolution of events in a story; a happy ending

pellucid

[puh-loo-sid]

allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent; clear

puissant

[pyoo-uh-suhnt; pwis-uhnt]

powerful; mighty; potent

hegira

[hi-jahy-ruh]

any flight or journey to a more desirable or congenial place

aubade

[oh-bad; oh-bahd]

a poem or piece of music appropriate to the dawn or early morning

munificent

[myoo-nif-uh-suhnt]

characterized by great generosity

spurious

[spyoor-ee-uhs]

not being what it purports to be; false or fake

saudade

[soh-dah-duh]

a deep emotional state of melancholic longing for a person or thing that is absent

comminatory

[kom-uh-ney-tuh-ree]

a threat of punishment or vengeance

contrived

[kuhn-trahyvd]

obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained

repugnant

[ri-puhg-nuhnt]

extremely distasteful; unacceptable

darg

[dahrg]

a day's work

orotund

[awr-uh-tuhnd]

(of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness

woebegone

[woh-bi-gawn, woh-bi-gon]

beset with woe; affected by woe, especially in appearance; showing or indicating woe

skerrick

[sker-ik]

a small piece or quantity; a bit

melancholia

[mel-uhn-koh-lee-uh]

a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings

taradiddle

[tar-uh-did-l]

a small lie; fib

propinquity

[proh-ping-kwi-tee]

the state of being close to someone or something; proximity

panacea

[pan-uh-see-uh]

a remedy for all disease or ills

insufflate

[in-suhf-leyt]

to blow or breathe (something) in

tarantism

[tar-uhn-tiz-uhm]

a mania characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance, especially as prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, popularly attributed to the bite of the tarantula

imbroglio

[im-brohl-yoh]

a misunderstanding, disagreement, etc. of a complicated or bitter nature, as between persons or nations