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ingeminate
[in-jem-uh-neyt]
to repeat; reiterate

saudade
[soh-dah-duh]
a deep emotional state of melancholic longing for a person or thing that is absent

rapprochement
[rap-rohsh-mahn]
an establishment or resumption of harmonious relations

viscous
[vis-kuhs]
of a glutinous nature or consistency; sticky; thick; adhesive

conflate
[kuhn-fleyt]
to fuse into one entity; merge

parsimonious
[pahr-suh-moh-nee-uhs]
unwilling to spend money or use resources

pellucid
[puh-loo-sid]
allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent; clear

obsequious
[uhb-see-kwee-uhs]
characterized by or showing servile obedience and excessive eagerness to please; deferential; fawning:

baksheesh
[bak-sheesh]
a tip, present, or gratuity

munificent
[myoo-nif-uh-suhnt]
characterized by great generosity

farouche
[fa-roosh]
sullen or shy in company

synecdoche
[si-nek-duh-kee]
a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in Texas won by six runs (meaning “Texas's baseball team”)

feckless
[fek-lis]
lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible

eponym
[ep-uh-nim]
a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named

razzmatazz
[raz-muh-taz]
razzle-dazzle, or showiness, brilliance, or virtuosity in technique or effect

diphthong
[dif-thawng]
a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin, loud, and side)