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cicerone
[sis-uh-roh-nee]
a guide who gives information about antiquities and places of interest to sightseers

acumen
[uh-kyoo-muhn]
keen insight; shrewdness

campanile
[kam-puh-nee-lee]
a bell tower, especially one freestanding from the body of a church

malapropism
[mal-uh-prop-iz-uhm]
an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound

quirk
[kwurk]
a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism

pompous
[pom-puhs]
characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance

contemporary
[kuhn-tem-puh-rer-ee]
of the present time; modern

vagarious
[vuh-gair-ee-uhs]
erratic and unpredictable in behavior or direction

hector
[hek-ter]
to treat with insolence; bully; torment

facile
[fas-il]
moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality

sophistry
[sof-uh-stree]
a false argument; sophism

pecuniary
[pi-kyoo-nee-er-ee]
of or relating to money

rigmarole
[rig-muh-rohl]
confused, incoherent, foolish, or meaningless talk

sigil
[sij-il]
a pictorial symbol used in ritualistic magic and supposed to have supernatural power

plumbeous
[pluhm-bee-uhs]
resembling or containing lead; leaden

darg
[dahrg]
a day's work