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enigma

[uh-nig-muh]

a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation

bijou

[bee-zhoo]

something small, delicate, and exquisitely wrought

coffer

[kaw-fer]

a box or chest, especially one for valuables

dowdy

[dou-dee]

not stylish; drab; old-fashioned

lugubrious

[loo-goo-bree-uhs]

mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner

jejune

[ji-joon]

(of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting

pule

[pyool]

to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper

grandiloquent

[gran-dil-uh-kwuhnt]

speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic

perfidy

[perfidy]

deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery

prevaricate

[pri-var-i-keyt]

speak or act in an evasive way

ingeminate

[in-jem-uh-neyt]

to repeat; reiterate

staid

[steyd]

of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious

mordant

[mawr-dnt]

sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker; biting

bellicose

[bel-i-kohs]

inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious

chasm

[kaz-uhm]

a yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface; gorge

parsimonious

[pahr-suh-moh-nee-uhs]

unwilling to spend money or use resources

philanthropic

[fil-uhn-throp-ik]

of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent

spasmodic

[spaz-mod-ik ]

pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms

furphy

[fur-fee]

a false report; rumor

lucubrate

[loo-kyoo-breyt]

to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night and by lamplight

garrulous

[gar-uh-luhs]

excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters

beamish

[bee-mish]

beaming with happiness, optimism, or anticipation

belabor

[bih-ley-ber]

to explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary

solstice

[sol-stis]

either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point