Fun
pinochle
[pee-nuhk-uhl]
a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck
hodgepodge
[hoj-poj]
a heterogeneous mixture; jumble
beck
[bek]
a gesture used to signal, summon, or direct someone
agog
[uh-gog]
highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation, etc.
wheedle
[weed-l]
to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts
aquiver
[uh-kwiv-er]
in a state of trepidation or vibrant agitation; trembling; quivering
flibbertigibbet
[flib-er-tee-jib-it]
a frivolous, flighty, or excessively talkative person
piggyback
[pig-ee-bak]
to attach or ally to as or as if part of the same thing
jocose
[joh-kohs]
given to or characterized by joking; jesting; humorous; playful
seer
[seer]
a person who sees; observer
ragamuffin
[rag-uh-muhf-in]
a person, typically a child, in ragged, dirty clothes
piffle
[pif-uhl]
nonsense, as trivial or senseless talk
yahoo
[yah-hoo]
a boorish, crass, or stupid person
galimatias
[gal-uh-mey-shee-uhs]
confused or unintelligible talk
vivify
[viv-uh-fahy]
to give life to; animate; quicken
linchpin
[linch-pin]
a person or thing vital to an enterprise or organization
esprit
[e-spree]
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence
bugbear
[buhg-bair]
a cause of obsessive fear, irritation, or loathing
frolic
[frol-ik]
to gambol merrily; to play in a frisky, light-spirited manner; romp
felicity
[fi-lis-i-tee]
the state of being happy, especially in a high degree; bliss
bauble
[baw-buhl]
a showy, usually cheap, ornament; trinket; gewgaw
fussbudget
[fuhs-buhj-it]
a fussy or needlessly fault-finding person
dragoon
[druh-goon]
to set dragoons or soldiers upon; persecute by armed force; oppress
rambunctious
[ram-buhngk-shuhs]
difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous