Wordlist - English
Dictionaries Used:
- Cambridge (If no link, this is the one used)
- Merriam-Webster
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ebullient | Full of energy |
| Obdurate | Refuses to change |
| Garrulous | Wordy |
| Fatuous | Foolish, especially in a complacent manner |
| Proselyte | Convert to a new religion |
| Neophyte | Novice; beginner |
| Tyro | Beginner in learning anything; novice |
| Novitiate | Novice; novice of a religious order |
| Pedagogue | Teacher; dogmatic; formal |
| Cognoscenti | Expert in a certain field |
| Adroit | Resourceful; nimble with their hands or body |
| Duplicitous | Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behaviour or speech |
| Floccinaucinihilipilification | the act of considering something to be not at all important or useful - used mainly as an example of a very long word |
| Sesquipedalian | Referring to a person who uses long words or having a tendency to use long words |
| Antidisestablishmentarianism | Opposition to the withdrawal of state support from an established church |
| Lethologica | The inability to remember or recall a specific word or phrase |
| Sesquipedalianism | The use of long words or the tendency to use long words |
| Recidivistic | Inclined to revert to previous behaviours, especially of criminal activity; inclined to relapse |
| Ineffable | Incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible; not to be spoken because of its sacredness; unutterable |
| Oneiric | Of, relating to, or characteristic of dreams |
| Dainty | Of delicate beauty; exquisite; pleasing to the taste and, often, temptingly served or delicate; delicious |
| Mainspring | Something that plays a principal part in motivating or maintaining a movement, process, or activity; the most important source or reason for something |
| Flibbertigibbet | A silly, scatterbrained, or garrulous person; a overly gossipy or chattery person; an imp |
| Jocose | Given to or characterized by joking; jesting; humorous; playful |
| Cognac | high-quality brandy (= strong alcoholic drink) from western France |
| Phantasmagoria | a confused group of real or imagined images that change quickly, one following the other as in a dream |
| Circumspection | the quality of being careful not to take risks |
| Nugatory | worth nothing or of little value |
| Curdle | If a liquid curdles, or you curdle it, it gets thicker and develops lumps |
| Cozenage | the art or practice of cozening : fraud - merriam-webster |
| Vicissitude | changes that happen at different times during the life or development of someone or something, especially those that result in conditions being worse |
| Swoon | to feel a lot of pleasure, love, etc. because of something or someone |
| Prosopography | a study that identifies and relates a group of persons or characters within a particular historical or literary context Merriam-Webster |
| Mugwump | US informal: a person who likes to be politically independent and does not support or remain loyal to any political group – UK informal old-fashioned: a stupid person |
| Axiomatic | obviously true and therefore not needing to be proved |
| Doxology | a short hymn (= song) or poem praising God, sung or said as part of a Christian church service |
| Screed | a long piece of writing, especially one that is boring or expresses an unreasonably strong opinion |
| Recalcitrance | the quality of being determined not to do what other people, especially people in authority, want or expect to be done |
| Toxicognath | either of a pair of poison fangs of a centipede that are structurally modified legs on the anterior segment of the body Merriam-Webster |