Words Flashcards
Quixotic
Idealistic and unrealistic.
Chutzpah
(Yiddish) Unbelievable gall.
Blatherskite
A person who talks at great length without making much sense.
Callipygian
Having shapely buttocks.
Cerulean
Deep sky blue.
Chad
A piece of waste paper produced by punching a hole.
Degust
To taste food or drink carefully, so as to fully appreciate it,
Ecdysiast
A striptease performance.
Ensorcell
To enchant or fascinate someone.
Eucatastrophe
A happy ending to a story.
Futz
To waste time or busy oneself aimlessly.
Hallux
The big toe.
Hwyl
A stirring feeling of emotional motivation and energy which is associated with the Welsh people.
Incunabula
Books published before 1501.
Kylie
A boomerang.
Lobola
Among southern African peoples, the money or cattle given by a bridegroom’s family to the bride’s family.
Monorchid
Having only one testicle.
Mumpismus
A traditional custom or notion that is adhered to although it has been shown to be unreasonable.
Nacarat
A bright red-orange colour.
Natation
Swimming.
Noyade
An execution carried out by drowning
Paraph
A flourish after a signature.
Plew
Beaver Skin
Pollex
The tumb.
Spaghettification
The process by which (in some theories) an object would be stretched and ripped apart by gravitational forces on falling into a black hole.
Thalassic
Relating to the sea.
Thaumatrope
A scientific toy devised in the 19th century. It consisted of a disc with a different picture on each of its two sides: when the disc was rotated rapidly about a diameter, these pictures appeared to combine into one image.
Triskaidekaphobia
Extreme superstition about the number thirteen.
Zorro
A south american type of fox.
Noisome
Having an offensive smell.
Pulchritude
Beauty
Youthquake
OED 2017 WOTY a significant cultural, political, or social change arising from the actions or influence of young people.
