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 TCHOTCHKE- \CHOCH-kuh\, noun:
A trinket; a knickknack.

Example:
Aunt Emma left this little tchotchke for
Sarah to remember her by.

Example 2:
The stalls at this year’s county fair had so
many stalls giving away several of their
tchotchkes.
VERTIGINOUS- \vur-TIJ-uh-nuhs\, adjective:
1. Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.
2. Causing or tending to cause
dizziness.
3. Turning round; whirling; revolving.

Example:
“That carnival ride is what I would call
vertiginous!”
Example 2:
The vertiginous carnival ride made Marie
nauseous.
AEGIS- \EE-jis\, noun:
1. Protection; support.
2. A shield or protective armor;
-- applied in mythology to the
shield of Zeus.

Example:
Andrew was unharmed by the
explosion, as the thick wall
served as his aegis.
FIRMAMENT- \FUR-
muh-muhnt\, noun:
The region of the
air; the sky; the
heavens.

Example:
Everything seemed to
have a faint red tint
on that fateful day, as
the wild fires seemed
to reach the
firmament.
FLORID- \FLOR-id\, adjective:
1. Flushed with red; of a lively
reddish color.
2. Excessively ornate; flowery;
as, "a florid style; florid
eloquence."

Example:
Angie became florid with
excitement, as she found out
that she was accepted to her
dream university.
GLABROUS- \GLAY-bruhs\,
adjective:
Smooth; having a surface
without hairs, projections,
or any unevenness.

Example:
Our old table seemed
magnificent and glabrous
after it had been sanded and
re-varnished.
COPIOUS- \KOH-pee-uhs\,
adjective:
1. Affording an abundant supply;
plentifully furnished; lavish.
2. Large in quantity; plentiful,
profuse; abundant.

Example:
Lorraine purchased a copious
amount of designer jeans, after
she had heard that they were
going to be on sale.
JUNTA- \HUN-tuh, JUHN-tuh\,
noun:
1. A governmental council or
committee, especially one
that rules after a revolution.
2. A closely knit group united
for a common purpose and
usually meeting secretly;
also called a junto.

Example:
The junta decided on granting
the offender a fair trial.
MARTINET- \mar-t'n-ET\, noun:
1. A strict disciplinarian.
2. One who lays stress on a rigid
adherence to the details of forms
and methods.

Example:
Miss Marple asked us to write an
essay for each item on the list as
punishment for being late; she is
what I would call a martinet.
CAVEAT- \KAY-vee-at; KAV-ee-; KAH-
vee-aht\, noun:
1. (Law) A notice given by an interested
party to some officer not to do a
certain act until the opposition has a
hearing.
2. A warning or caution; also, a
cautionary qualification or explanation
to prevent misunderstanding.

Example:
A caveat was issued regarding the trial a
few weeks beforehand.
 BOMBINATE-
\BOM-buh-nayt\,
intransitive verb:
To buzz; to hum; to
drone.

Example:
The bees began to
bombinate furiously
as their hive was hit
by the child’s
baseball.
HALE- \HAYL\,
adjective:
Free from disease and
weakening conditions;
healthy.

Example:
The hospital’s staff is
hale and cheery, a
characteristic that puts
the patients at ease.
CARAPACE- \KAIR-uh-pace\,
noun:
1. The thick shell that covers the
back of the turtle, the
crab, and other animals.
2. Something likened to a shell
that serves to protect or
isolate from external
influence.
Example:
The critter had a pretty thick
carapace, as it survived the rare
downpour of hail on the desert plains.
 DIGERATI- \dij-
uh-RAH-tee\,
plural noun:
Persons
knowledgeable
about computers
and technology.

Example:
“Andy is the person to ask about these machines, after
all, he is a self- proclaimed member of a digerati.”
SACROSANCT- \SAK-roh-
sankt\, adjective:
Sacred; inviolable.

Example:
Mother Teresa had put
others before herself, and
most people would consider
her to be sacrosanct.
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