Friday, October 31, 2014

#49 Found Words Alternate

“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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