75-cent Words

CaspianRex (United States of America)
Some of my favorite "fancy" words.
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  1. ablution
    the act of washing oneself, as for ritual purposes
  2. absquatulate
    run away, taking something or somebody along
  3. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  4. bacchanal
    a wild gathering
  5. cheeseparing
    giving or spending with reluctance
  6. confabulate
    talk socially without exchanging too much information
  7. contumely
    rude language intended to offend or hurt
  8. debacle
    a sudden and complete disaster
  9. dyspeptic
    suffering from indigestion
  10. ebullience
    eager enjoyment or approval
  11. epistemology
    the philosophical theory of knowledge
  12. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  13. hermeneutics
    theology that deals with principles of interpretation
  14. insensate
    devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation
  15. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  16. jejune
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  17. kinaesthesia
    the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc
  18. largesse
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  19. mellifluous
    pleasing to the ear
  20. munificence
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  21. niggardly
    petty or reluctant in giving or spending
  22. onomatopoeia
    using words that imitate the sound they denote
  23. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  24. plinth
    an architectural support or base, as for a column or statue
  25. polyglot
    a person who speaks more than one language
  26. querulous
    habitually complaining
  27. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  28. raison d'etre
    the reason why something exists
  29. scrimy
    dirty and disgusting
  30. sphygmomanometer
    a pressure gauge for measuring blood pressure
  31. transubstantiation
    an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
  32. umbrage
    a feeling of anger caused by being offended
  33. vituperation
    abusive or venomous language to express blame or censure
  34. wanderlust
    very strong or irresistible impulse to travel
  35. xenophobia
    a fear of foreigners or strangers
  36. Yuletide
    period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
  37. zymurgy
    the branch of chemistry concerned with fermentation
  38. gasconade
    an instance of boastful talk
Created on Mon Nov 10 13:24:04 EST 2008 (updated Mon Nov 23 08:35:03 EST 2020)

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