- weltschmerz: sentimental pessimism; sorrow that one feels and accepts as one's necessary portion in life.
- mendacity: a tendency to lie; untruthfulness.
- billow: to rise or roll in or like a great wave; surge.
- endemic: belonging exclusively or confined to a particular place.
- bandersnatch: an imaginary wild animal of fierce disposition.
- druthers: one's own way, choice, or preference.
- vesuvian: volcanic, or pertaining to a fierce or fiery disposition.
- pica: an abnormal appetite for substances that are not fit to eat.
- milquetoast: a very timid, unassertive, spineless person.
- titubant: a disturbance resulting in an uncertain gait and trembling.
- jaundiced: affected with or exhibiting prejudice, as from envy or resentment.
- etiology: the study of the causes of diseases.
- flaxen: of the pale yellowish color of dressed flax or linen.
- cosmogony: a theory or story of the origin and development of the universe.
- askance: with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval.
- lummox: a clumsy, stupid person.
- dorsal: situated on the back.
- moot: open to discussion or debate; doubtful.
- harrowing: extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous.
- tawdry: gaudy, showy and cheap.
- loll: to recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge.
- anomie: a sense of loneliness and anxiety.
- ferly: something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror.
- anoesis: a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- mesmerize: to spellbind; fascinate.
- animadvert: to comment unfavorably or critically.
- perdition: a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
- berserk: violently or destructively frenzied; wild; crazed; deranged.
- sepulchral: proper to or suggestive of a tomb; funereal or dismal.
- thanatopsis: a view or contemplation of death.
- nyctophobia: an abnormal fear of night or darkness.
Re-write these scrambled stories in the proper format,building your Vocabulary,and your thinking speed in the process of Winning some goodies for yourself.
Friday, November 11, 2011
The words that you have never heard of before
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