Sesquipedalianism

Isaac M.
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  1. Schadenfreude
    delight in another person's misfortune
  2. sesquipedalian
    a very long word (a foot and a half long)
  3. chutzpah
    unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity
  4. largesse
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  5. ninny
    a stupid foolish person
  6. oracular
    of or relating to prophecy or someone who tells the future
  7. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  8. milksop
    a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
  9. hobbledehoy
    an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy
  10. mumpsimus
    a traditional notion that is obstinately held although it is unreasonable
  11. cuckoldom
    the state of a husband whose wife has committed adultery
  12. spittle
    a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
  13. lugubrious
    excessively mournful
  14. sullen
    showing a brooding ill humor
  15. sanguinary
    accompanied by bloodshed
  16. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  17. disambiguation
    clarification that follows from the removal of confusion
  18. ambiguity
    unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
  19. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  20. lipogram
    a text that excludes a particular letter or particular letters of the alphabet
  21. hapax legomenon
    a word with a special meaning used for a special occasion
Created on Sat May 26 15:26:42 EDT 2012 (updated Sun May 27 11:56:23 EDT 2012)

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