Eschew: To avoid to cut down my weight I usually eschew desserts

Esculent: a thing, especially a vegetable, fit to be eaten (edible).

Ambidextrous: Able to use both hands well.

Fallacious( fa-lashes): My ex boyfriend gave me fallacious or deliberately misleading, information about where to meet him.

Docent : 1) a person who acts as a guide, typically on a voluntary basis, in a museum, art gallery, or zoo I ve always wanted to be a tour docent, tour guide 2) (in certain universities and colleges) a member of the teaching staff immediately below professorial rank.

Dactylology (sign language used to communicate with deaf ppl)

Definition of crescendo

noun

(plural crescendos or crescendi /-d/) Music a gradual increase in loudness in a piece of music. Music a passage of music marked to be performed with a gradual increase of loudness. the loudest point reached in a gradually increasing sound: Debras voice was rising to a crescendo a progressive increase in force or intensity: a crescendo of misery the most intense point reached in this; a climax: the negative reviews reached a crescendo in mid-February

caudate
Syllabification: (caudate)

Pronunciation: /kdt/

Definition of caudate

adjective

1 Anatomy relating to or denoting the caudate nucleus. 2 Zoology (of an animal) having a tail.

sabbatical
Syllabification: (sabbatical) Pronunciation: /sbatikl/ Translate sabbatical | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of sabbatical noun *a period of paid leave granted to a college teacher for study or travel, traditionally every seventh year: shes away on sabbatical

proviso
Syllabification: (proviso) Pronunciation: /prvz/ Translate proviso | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of proviso

noun (plural provisos)

a condition attached to an agreement: he left his unborn grandchild a trust fund with the proviso that he be named after the old man

reparation
Syllabification: (reparation) Pronunciation: /reprSHn/ Definition of reparation

noun

1the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged: the courts required a convicted offender to make financial reparation to his victim (reparations) the compensation for war damage paid by a defeated state. 2 archaic the action of repairing something: the old hall was pulled down to avoid the cost of reparation

denizen
Syllabification: (denizen) Pronunciation: /denzn/ Definition of denizen

noun
formal or humorous

an inhabitant or occupant of a particular place: denizens of field and forest

malaprop
Syllabification: (malaprop) Pronunciation: /malprp/ (also malapropism)

Definition of malaprop

noun

the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, dance a flamingo (instead of flamenco).

panacea
Syllabification: (panacea) Pronunciation: /pans/ Definition of panacea

noun

a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases: the panacea for all corporate ills the timehonored panacea, cod liver oil

codicil
Syllabification: (codicil) Pronunciation: /kdsl, -sil/ Definition of codicil

noun

an addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.

battery
Syllabification: (battery) Pronunciation: /batr/ Definition of battery

noun (plural batteries)

1a container consisting of one or more cells, in which chemical energy is converted into electricity and used as a source of power: [as modifier]: battery power 2a fortified emplacement for heavy guns. an artillery subunit of guns, men, and vehicles. 3a set of units of equipment, typically when connected together: a battery of equipment to monitor blood pressure an extensive series, sequence, or range of things: children given a battery of tests 4 Law the crime or tort of unconsented physical contact with another person, even where the contact is not violent but merely menacing or offensive. See also assault and battery. 5 (the battery) Baseball the pitcher and the catcher in a game, considered as a unit.

penchant
Syllabification: (penchant) Pronunciation: /penCHnt/ Definition of penchant

noun
[usually in singular]

a strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something: he has a penchant for adopting stray dogs

skew
Syllabification: (skew) Pronunciation: /skyoo/ Definition of skew

adjective

1neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew; crooked: his hat looked slightly skew a skew angle Statistics (of a statistical distribution) not symmetrical. 2 Mathematics (of a pair of lines) neither parallel nor intersecting. (of a curve) not lying in a plane.

noun

an oblique angle; a slant. a bias toward one particular group or subject: the paper had a working-class skew Statistics the state of not being symmetrical.

verb
[no object]

suddenly change direction or position: the car had skewed across the track twist or turn or cause to do this: he skewed around in his saddle [with object]: his leg was skewed in and pushed against the other one [with object] make biased or distorted in a way that is regarded as inaccurate, unfair, or misleading: the curriculum is skewed toward the practical subjects [with object] Statistics cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.

Amnesty: pardon (the immigrant will have to ask for amnesty for his crimes) Ambiguous: having two or more meanings( your statement is ambiguous, Im not sure what u mean) Amorla: without morals(the killer is amoral) Anonymous: Unknown(do you know who painted this art of work) Antagonistic: Unfriendly(your behavior is not going to win you any friends. You should not be soo antagonistic Anteroom: waiting room(the nurse asked me to wait in the anteroom until the doctor is ready to see me) Pathetic: Miserable(he looked so pathetic I bent down to soothe him) Apathetic:Opposite of pathetic( dont you care? You seem so apathetic) Apprehensive: freaful or scared to take in the information( that news makes me apprehensive) Archaic:Old-fashioned(typewriters are archaic)

Assets:valuables(My assets are far greater than any debts) Barbaric:Primitive and brutal(her actions were positively barbaric and cruel) Belligerent: Warlike( teenagers tend to be belligerent when arguing with their parents) Candid:honest( your remarks are candid and frank) Capital: city or town where the official seat of government. Capital punishment: the death penalty Chronic: ongoing (I have chronic pain in my back;even aspirin doesnt help it. Convene:come together(the voters will convene at the city building) Corporal punishment:bodily punishment;a beating. Dermatologist: skin doctor(you should have a dermatologist check your moles) Ddeprive: take away from( don deprive a child of proper nutrition) Derogatory: disparaging( your derogatory remarks make me feel terrible) Diction: choice of words( use your best diction when speaking in front of a crowd) Diligence: industriousness (I admire your diligence) Disdain: comtempt((the feeling that someone r something is unworthy of ones consideration or respect.(the man felt great disdain toward his unfaithful wife)

zephyrean \zef-uh-REE-uhn\, adjective: of, pertaining to, or like a zephyr; full of or containing light breezes. Now, walking toward them, a gauzy, lavender shawl fluttering in her wake and her long, tight, burgundy curls flying every which way, she exuded zephyrean lightness. -- Hyatt Bass, The Embers Oh and her name; her name was softer than a rose petal at dawn, more yielding than the last rays of a dying sun, azephyrean music that invoked heaven's envy. -- Massud Alemi, Interruptions

ziggurat \ZIG-oo-rat\, noun: (among the ancient Babylonians and Assyrians) a temple of Sumerian origin in the form of a pyramidal tower, consisting of a number of stories and having about the outside a

broad ascent winding round the structure, presenting the appearance of a series of terraces. The social structure of our summer world was as fixed and hard of climbing as a ziggurat. -- John Banville, The Sea After talking for a moment about the new strawberry bed, a kind of earthen ziggurat in the middle of the garden, Alice hung up, unable to tell them after all. -- Jane Smiley, Duplicate Keys