Words that make me smile, and even chuckle!

Hope K.
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  1. dillydally
    waste time or postpone doing what one should be doing
  2. lollygag
    loaf about and waste time; dawdle
  3. persnickety
    characterized by excessive attention to trivial details
  4. curmudgeon
    an irascible, cantankerous person full of stubborn ideas
  5. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  6. hullabaloo
    disturbance usually in protest
  7. debacle
    a sudden and complete disaster
  8. oxymoron
    conjoined contradictory terms
  9. discombobulate
    cause to be confused emotionally
  10. osmosis
    diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane
  11. efficacious
    giving the power to produce an intended result
  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, form, or rule
  16. amok
    wildly; without self-control
Created on Wed Sep 03 13:55:30 EDT 2008

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