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gargantuan
[gahr-gan-choo-uhn]
gigantic; enormous; colossal

hodgepodge
[hoj-poj]
a heterogeneous mixture; jumble

prescient
[presh-uhnt]
having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight

apprise
[uh-prahyz]
to give notice to; inform; advise (often followed by 'of')

whilom
[hwahy-luhm]
former; erstwhile

hogwash
[hawg-wosh]
refuse given to hogs; swill

ostensible
[o-sten-suh-buhl]
outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended

desuetude
[des-wi-tood]
the state of being no longer used or practiced

inexorable
[in-ek-ser-uh-buhl]
not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties

juggernaut
[juhg-er-nawt]
any large, overpowering force or object, such as war, a giant battleship, or a powerful football team

nonsensical
[non-sen-si-kuhl]
having little or no meaning; making little or no sense

cajole
[kuh-johl]
to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax

cromlech
[krom-lek]
(no longer in technical use) a megalithic chamber tomb

obstreperous
[uhb-strep-er-uhs]
noisy and difficult to control

ubuntu
[oo-boon-too]
humanity or fellow feeling; kindness

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)