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    Esoteric; es-o-ter-ic

    1.hard to understand, 2.rare, unusual or unique interest. 3.confidential

    "Many of the "word of the day" words are esoteric.";)
     
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    Vituperate: verb (Vye-too-per-ate)
    harsh abusive or severe condemnatory speech.

    "When offering a critique, one should never vituperate the author."
     
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    Attenuate:
    reduce or to weaken
    become slender, fine or thin

    Dieters goal is to attenuate their body.
     
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    Thrasonical:boasting or bragging.

    I hope you are not speaking thrasonical about your catch in the game last night.
     
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    Glanced at this one, and read it wrong.

    Mantic: adjective
    Prophet like, pertaining to or related to divination.

    "She studies the mantic philosophies."

    not manic:adj
    hectic, in the condition of mania
    or overexcited

    "Trying to keep up with changes can be manic."
     
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    Extenuate:to reduce the situation, lessen the strength, mitagate

    "The kids tried to extenuate their curfew violation, by saying they were at a school function."
     
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    impersonate: To mimic or legally or illegally assume the identity of

    "He was arrested for impersonating a police officer."
     
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    "Chromodynamics" - the study of the action of the strong nuclear force, ie the colour charge interaction between quarks.

    Usage example:

    "One thing I learned that evening was never to bring up the subject of quantum chromodynamics on a first date."
     
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    irascible - possessing a volatile temper.

    "Few directors wished to work with the irascible lead actor."
     
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    incorrigible: Incapable of being corrected.


    "That criminal is incorrigible."
     
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    lugubrious - excessively mournful or dismal

    I avoid emos. Lugubrious whining makes me ill.
     
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    Another name for Procrastination (pro- Forward + crastin- belonging to the future) is Cunctation.
    A notorious cunctator, nobody even noticed when he came into work 20 minutes late.

    One of my favorites is Salubrious. Health inducing.
    I find that chilled kombucha is salubrious and refreshing.

    Diversivolent means having different, often incompatible desires.
    She was hot but it became apparent we were ultimately diversivolent.

    Bellicose means hostile, combative, vexatious. Also, Belligerent.
    That bellicose goat of yours kicked me!
     

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