OSS2 Word Scramble
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esoteric (es-ah-TER-ik) adjective | intended for or understood by only a particular group |
fulminate (FUL-mah-nate) verb | to issue a thunderous verbal attack or denunciation |
insouciant (in-SOO-see-ant) adjective | marked by nonchalance; carefree |
lachrymose (LAK-rah-mos) adjective | weeping or inclined to weep; tearful |
grandiloquent (adj) | Using high flown, pompous, bombastic, words |
fecund (FEE-kund) adjective | 1 capable of producing offspring or vegetation; fruitful 2 marked by intellectual productivity |
foppish (FOP-ish) adjective | dandified; stylish |
hoi polloi (hoi-pah-LOI) noun | the common people; the masses |
inchoate (in-KOH-it) adjective | 1in an initial or early stage; 2 imperfectly formed or developed |
nabob (ney-bob) noun | a person of great wealth or prominence |
lugubrious (adj) | mournful, dismal, or gloomy |
maudlin (adj) | effusively or tearfully sentimental |
milquetoast (adj) | one who has a meek, timid, unassertive nature |
nadir (noun) | the lowest point |
exiguous (adj) | quite scanty; meager |
anachronism (adj) | a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place |
enervate (verb) | to reduce the mental vigor or vitality or strength of |
ephemeral (adj) | lasting a very short time |
fortuitous (adj) | fortunate; lucky |
hackneyed (adj) | lacking in freshness or originality; cliché |
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