Unusual

bridle

[brahyd-l]

to control or hold back; restrain; curb

viscid

[vis-id]

having a glutinous consistency; sticky; adhesive; viscous

hegemonic

[hej-uh-mon-ik]

having hegemony or dominance

scamper

[skam-per]

to run or go hastily or quickly

stridulate

[strij-uh-leyt]

to produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body; shrill

discursive

[dih-skur-siv]

passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling

lucid

[loo-sid]

shining or bright

vociferate

[voh-sif-uh-reyt]

to speak or cry out loudly or noisily; shout; bawl

obfuscation

[aab-fuh-skay-shn]

the act or an instance of making something obscure, dark, or difficult to understand

fastidious

[fa-stid-ee-uhs]

excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please

desiccate

[des-i-keyt ]

to dry thoroughly; dry up

desuetude

[des-wi-tood]

the state of being no longer used or practiced

tohubohu

[toh-hoo-boh-hoo]

chaos; disorder; confusion

mephitic

[muh-fit-ik]

offensive to the smell

ribald

[rib-uhld]

vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous

forage

[fawr-ij]

to search about; seek; rummage; hunt

callow

[kal-oh]

(of a young bird) featherless; unfledged

nostrum

[nos-truhm]

a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine

philosophize

[fi-los-uh-fahyz]

to speculate or theorize, usually in a superficial or imprecise manner

bastion

[bas-chuhn]

fortification; a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work

acrid

[ak-rid]

sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.

gourmand

[goor-mahnd]

a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess

collude

[kuh-lood]

to act together through a secret understanding, especially with evil or harmful intent

bivouac

[biv-oo-ak]

a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire