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onomatopoeia
[on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh]
the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent; often used for rhetorical, dramatic, or poetic effect

hegira
[hi-jahy-ruh]
any flight or journey to a more desirable or congenial place

cordate
[kawr-deyt]
heart-shaped

triskaidekaphobia
[tris-kahy-dek-uh-foh-bee-uh]
a fear of the number 13

corybantic
[kawr-uh-ban-tik]
wild; frenzied

collude
[kuh-lood]
to conspire in a fraud

pule
[pyool]
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper

bugbear
[buhg-bair]
a cause of obsessive fear, irritation, or loathing

hegemonic
[hej-uh-mon-ik]
having hegemony or dominance

aubade
[oh-bad; oh-bahd]
a poem or piece of music appropriate to the dawn or early morning

virulence
[vir-yuh-luhns]
venomous hostility or intense temper

homonym
[hom-uh-nim]
each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins

abjure
[ab-joor, ab-jur]
solemnly renounce

obelus
[ob-uh-luhs]
a mark (− or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to point out spurious, corrupt, doubtful, or superfluous words or passages

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

dispel
[dih-spel]
to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate