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Words that make me smile, and even chuckle! 16 words

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  1. dillydally
    postpone doing what one should be doing
  2. lollygag
    be about
  3. persnickety
    characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details
  4. curmudgeon
    a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
  5. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  6. hullabaloo
    disturbance usually in protest
  7. debacle
    a sudden and violent collapse
  8. oxymoron
    conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
  9. discombobulate
    cause to be confused emotionally
  10. osmosis
    (biology, chemistry) diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal
  11. efficacious
    marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect
  12. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  13. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  14. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  15. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
  16. amok
    wildly; without self-control