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hygge
[hoog-uh]
(especially in reference to the Danish lifestyle) the feeling of coziness and contentment evoked by simple comforts, as being wrapped in a blanket, having good conversations, enjoying food, etc.

imminent
[im-uh-nuhnt]
projecting or leaning forward; overhanging

dunce
[duhns]
a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt

commensurate
[kuh-men-ser-it]
corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree

stentorian
[sten-tawr-ee-uhn]
very loud or powerful in sound

comminatory
[kom-uh-ney-tuh-ree]
a threat of punishment or vengeance

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

dodecahedron
[doh-dek-uh-hee-druhn]
a three-dimensional shape having twelve plane faces, in particular a regular solid figure with twelve equal pentagonal faces

propitious
[pruh-pish-uhs]
presenting favorable conditions; favorable

alacrity
[uh-lak-ri-tee]
cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness

choleric
[kol-er-ik]
extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible

surmise
[ser-mahyz]
to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess

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)

persnickety
[per-snik-i-tee]
requiring painstaking care

anchorite
[ang-kuh-rahyt]
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion

solder
[sod-er]
to join closely and intimately