Day 32
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anomaly
abnormality
uh-NAHM-uh-lee
deviation from the normal; abnormality
anthology
story book
an-THOL-uh-jee
a book which is a collection of poems or stories
arcane
mysterious
ar-KAYN
mysterious
brook
tolerate
bruk
to tolerate
confound
confuse
kun-FOWND
to confuse or perplex
consequential
self-important
kahn-suh-KWEN-shul
self-important; resultant
covert
secret
KOH-vert
hidden or concealed
curriculum
course of study
kuh-RIK-yuh-luhm
course of study
discursive
rambling
dih-SKUHR-sihv
wandering from topic to topic
dismal
gloomy
DIZ-muhl
causing dejection; gloomy
dissent
disagreement
dih-SENT
difference of opinion; to differ in opinion
enthrall
captivate
en-THRAWL
to captivate or charm; enslave
esoteric
understood by a few
eh-suh-TEHR-ihk
understood only by a small group
flux
continuous flow
fluhks
continuous flow
fractious
rebellious
FRAAK-shuhs
quarrelsome or rebellious
gravity
seriousness
GRAV-i-tee
seriousness
hoary
ancient
HAW-ree
gray or whitish with age; ancient
implausible
unlikely
im-PLAW-zuh-buhl
not likely to be true
inadvertently
unintentionally
in-uhd-VUR-tnt-lee
unintentionally
incendiary
flammable
ihn-SEHN-dee-her-ee
burning easily; tending to create strife, violence etc.
incense
to make angry
IN-sens
to make angry
indignant
furious
ihn-DIHG-nuhnt
angry, offended, incensed
liberal
broad-minded
LIHB-ruhl
broad-minded, generous
lilliputian
diminutive
lil-i-PYOO-shuhn
extremely small or tiny
longevity
long life
lon-JEV-i-tee
long life; relatively long duration of employment, service, etc
minutiae
small details
mi-NOO-shee-ee
small, precise, or trifling details
naive
ingenuous
nah-VEE
ingenuous, unsophisticated
nascent
coming into being
NAY-sehnt
coming into being; developing
niggardly
miserly
NIG-erd-lee
miserly; stingy or ungenerous
obsequy
funeral ceremony
OB-si-kwee
a funeral ceremony
opulence
affluence
AH-pyoo-lehns
extravagant luxury or wealth
orotund
pompous
OR-uh-tuhnd
pompous
palpable
tangible
PAL-puh-buhl
capable of being touched; evident
precis
concise summary
PRAY-see
a concise summary
pristine
pure
prih-STEEN
pure, uncorrupted
rancorous
bitterly resentful
RAN-kuh-rus
bitterly resentful
renovate
repair, revive
REN-uh-veyt
to restore something to a better condition; revive
reproach
to blame
ri-PROHCH
to blame or scold
sanguine
cheerful
SAAN-gwuhn
cheerful, confident, optimistic
satire
work ridiculing human vice
SAT-yr
a literary work that ridicules or criticizes human vice through humor or derision
shunt
to sidetrack
shuhnt
to sidetrack; shift from one track to another
trite
not new
trahyt
not new
truculence
aggressiveness
truhk-yuh-luhns
aggression, harshness
turpitude
depravity
TUR-puh-tood
depravity
utopian
idealistic
yoo-TOH-pee-uhn
of or relating to a perfect or ideal existence