TRICKY WORDS
G'day guys,
Welcome to some more words that you may not have seen before, or have stopped using:
chicanery
trickery
or deception by quibbling or sophistry
indigenous
originating
in and characteristic of a particular region or country
trepidation
tremulous
fear, alarm, or agitation
admonitory
tending
or serving to advise against doing something
alleviate
make
easier to endure
amalgamate
mix or
merge so as to make a combination
ambidextrous
able to
use both hands equally well
apotheosis
elevation
or exaltation of a person to the rank of a god
arboreal
of or
pertaining to trees
asperity
harshness
or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner
benevolence
desire to
do good to others
castigation
criticize
or reprimand severely
commodious
spacious
and convenient
contumacious
stubbornly
perverse or rebellious
dereliction
deliberate
or conscious neglect
detumescence
reduction
or subsidence of swelling
disencumber
to free
from a burden
efficacy
capacity
for producing a desired result
effluvia
slight or
invisible exhalation or vapour
effrontery
shameless
or impudent boldness
empirical
derived
from or guided by experience or experiment
encomium
formal
expression of high praise
exigency
urgency
exoneration
clear, as
of an accusation
expatiate
enlarge
in discourse or writing
fulmination
violent
denunciation or censure
ignominious
marked by
or attended with dishonor; discreditable; humiliating
inimical
adverse
in tendency or effect
insouciant
free from
concern, worry, or anxiety
intransigent
refusing
to agree or compromise
soporific
causing
or tending to cause sleep
stentorian
very loud
or powerful in sound
tautology
needless
repetition of an idea
ubiquitous
existing
or being everywhere, esp. at the same time
vacillation
unsteady
movement; fluctuation
vituperate
use or
address with harsh or abusive language
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