“Collect words you find interesting.”
Aloof (adj.) not friendly or forthcoming
Autochthonous (adj.) indigenous
Decimate (v.) to kill, destroy, or remove one tenth of
Defenestrate (v.) the act of throwing someone or something
out of a window
Effervescent (adj.) giving off bubbles; fizzy
Felicity (n.) intense happiness
Frippery (n.) showy or unnecessary ornament
Lugubrious (adj.) looking or sounding sad and dismal
Parallelogram (n.) a four-sided plane rectilinear figure
with opposite sides parallel
Prestidigitation (n.) magic tricks performed as
entertainment
Ragamuffin (n.) a person, typically a child, in ragged, dirty clothes
Sojourn (n.) a temporary stay
Splendiferous (adj.) splendid
Surreptitious (adj.) kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of
Sylph (n.) an imaginary spirit of the air
Zephyr (n.) a soft gentle breeze
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