Avast, me hearties! September 19th is Talk Like a Pirate Day, so here are some pirate-themed vocabulary words.
aboard,
accord,
acquiesce,
adversary,
amass,
anchor,
askance,
barter,
belay,
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From "Everything Don Draper Said, Season 3":
http://www.unlikelywords.com/2009/11/09/everything-don-draper-said-season-3/
ticket stub,
cufflink,
hot pepper,
art department,
sterling silver,
player piano,
waste paper,
toolbox,
Farsi,
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100 words
Words that have special meanings in Indian English.
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/2307/
abstain,
avail,
bogie,
colony,
communalism,
copy,
dicky,
encounter,
hotel,
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16 words
Words from the final rounds of the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/1868/
omphaloskepsis,
pogonip,
deipnosophist,
hydrargyrum,
Reykjavik,
Anasazi,
psittacosis,
avoirdupois,
tagliatelle,
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21 words
This is a list of Yiddish Words starting with Sh.
schmear,
shmegegge,
shmaltz,
schtik,
schemozzle,
shmo,
schlemiel,
shmuck,
shtik,
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16 words
Here's a list of words that have to do with crafting.
alpaca,
arts and crafts,
bookbinding,
cashmere,
cotton,
craft,
craftiness,
craftsmanship,
crocheting,
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41 words
These are words one might use on a Valentine's Day Card
admirable,
adorable,
agreeable,
alluring,
ambrosial,
amiable,
amusing,
arouse,
attractive,
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Some sports from the Summer and Winter Olympics.
archery,
badminton,
baseball,
basketball,
bobsleigh,
boxing,
curling,
cycling,
diving,
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36 words
