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  1. supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
    fantastic, wonderful, excellent
  2. dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
    an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans
  3. pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
    lung disease caused by breathing in fine ash and sand dust
  4. antepenultimate
    third from last
  5. inefficaciousness
    a lack of efficacy
  6. unprecedented
    novel; having no earlier occurrence
  7. indefatigable
    showing sustained enthusiasm with unflagging vitality
  8. inconceivable
    totally unlikely
  9. inscrutable
    difficult or impossible to understand
  10. extemporaneous
    with little or no preparation or forethought
  11. unsubstantiated
    unsupported by other evidence
  12. incontrovertible
    impossible to deny or disprove
  13. antithetical
    sharply contrasted in character or purpose
  14. inexorable
    impossible to prevent, resist, or stop
  15. omnipotent
    having unlimited power
  16. epistemological
    of or relating to the study of knowledge
  17. idiosyncratic
    peculiar to the individual
  18. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  19. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  20. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
  21. sesquipedalian
    a very long word (a foot and a half long)
  22. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  23. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  24. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  25. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
  26. exacerbate
    make worse
  27. serendipity
    good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
  28. infallible
    incapable of failure or error
  29. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  30. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  31. circumlocutory
    roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
  32. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  33. penultimate
    next to the last
  34. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  35. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  36. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  37. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  38. cogitate
    consider carefully and deeply
  39. obfuscate
    make obscure or unclear
  40. perspicuity
    clarity as a consequence of being easily understandable
  41. verisimilitude
    the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
Created on Tue Mar 05 12:25:32 EST 2024

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