Words of the Interim

Strange Looking Words


woopknacker — noun, meaning "an arrogant loudmouthed person"
zugswang — noun, meaning "a bad chess move"
chthonic — adj., meaning "living in or under the earth"
pukka — adj., meaning "authentic, genuine"
logorrhea — noun, meaning "excessive talkativeness"
autochthonous — adj., meaning "forming or existing where found"
hoi palloi — noun, meaning "the masses"
eleemosynary — "relating to charity"
grok — verb, meaning "to understand"
kvetch — verb, meaning "to complain habitually"
vim — noun, meaning "energy, vigor"
quondam — adj., meaning "of a former time"
pulchritude — noun, meaning "beauty"
ukase — noun, meaning "an edict"
tocsin — noun, meaning "a warning"
mulct — verb, meaning "to defraud"
mephitic — adj., meaning "offensive to the smell"
eremite — noun, meaning "a hermit"
thalassic — adj., meaning "growing or found in the sea"
tchotchke — noun, meaning "a trinket"
limn — verb, meaning "to draw or paint"