My Interesting Word of the Week, Page Two!

Parsimony:

\Par"si*mo*ny\, n. Reluctance to spend money unnecessarily; excessive frugality.

Peremptory:

\Per"emp*to*ry\, a. 1: Not permitting refusal or disobedience 2: authoritative 3: dictatorial; bossy 4: in law, not allowing for debate or argument.

Pergola:

\Per"go*la\, n. An arbor or bower or trellis; a structure that supports climbing plants.

Perihelium:

\Per'i*he"li*um\, n. That point of the orbit of a planet or comet which is nearest to the sun; pl. perihelia.

Peripatetic:

\Per'i*pa*tet"ic\, 1: a. Walking about; itinerant; traveling esp. on foot 2: n. one who walks from place to place; wanderer; vagrant.

Plenary:

\Ple"na*ry\, a. Full; entire; complete; absolute.

Plication:

\Pli*ca"tion\, n. A fold or plait.

Precentor:

\Pre*cen"tor\, n. A leader of a choir; a directing singer.

Proletariat:

\Prol'e*ta"ri*at\, n. The working class, esp. those who are propertyless and must sell their labor to survive.

Pusillanimity:

\Pu'sil*la*nim"i*ty\, n. Comptemptible cowardice.

Purflew:

\Pur"flew\, n. 1: A hem, border, or trimming, as of embroidered work 2: A border of any heraldic fur.

Pyx:

\Pyx\, n. 1: A chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay 2: any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept.

Recondite:

\Rec"on*dite\, a. Not easily understood; obscure; deep.

Risible:

\Ris"i*ble\, adj. 1: Able to laugh; disposed to laugh 2: Exciting laughter, worthy of being laughed at; amusing 3:Used in or expressing laughter; as, risible muscles.

Roil:

\Roil\, v. 1: To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine 2: to disturb, as the temper; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex.

Sackbut:

\Sack"but\, n. 1: A medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone 2: A Syrian stringed instrument resembling a harp (Dan. 3:5, 7, 10, 15); Not the modern sackbut.

Specious:

\Spe"cious\, a. 1: Apparently true, genuine, or plausible, but actually worthless, as specious reasoning 2: deceptively appealing; misleading.

Spurious:

\Spu"ri*ous\, a. Not proceeding from the true source; not genuine; false; adulterate.

Stertorous:

\Ster"tor*ous\, a. Characterized by a deep snoring.

Stive:

\Stive\, v. t. To stuff; to crowd; to fill full.

Stultify:

\Stul"ti*fy\, v. 1: To make foolish; to make a fool of 2: To regard as a fool 3: To allege or prove to be of unsound mind.

Stramash:

\Stram"ash\, 1: v. To bang or beat; to destroy 2: n. A turmoil; a fight.

Susurration:

\Su'sur*ra"tion\, n. A whispering; a soft murmur.

Sybaritic:

\Syb'a*rit"ic\, a. Luxurious, wanton.

Sylvan:

\Syl"van\, n. A spirit that lives in or frequents the woods, a satyr, a faun a. Forestlike; Woody; Composed of woods or groves.

Tantivy:

\Tan*tiv"y\, n. A rapid, violent gallop; an impetulous rush. --Cleverland.

Tautology:

\Tau*tol"o*gy\, n. A needless repetition of the same meaning in different words or phrases; a representation of anything as the cause, condition, or consequence of itself; repetition; redundancy.

Terpsichorean:

\Terp'sich*o*re"an\, a. Of or relating to dancing.

Tondo:

\Ton"do\, n. A circular painting.

Tonsured:

\Ton"sured\, a. Bald; clipped; shaven; "tonsured clergyman".

Toparch:

\To"parch\, n. The ruler or prinipal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy.

Torpid:

\Tor"pid\, a. 1. Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb 2. slow; sluggish.

Touraco:

\Tou*ra"co\, n. Large brightly-crested bird of Africa with peculiar green and red pigments in its feathers. [Written also turacou, touracou, turaco, turakoo.]

Tourbillion:

\Tour*bil"lion\, n. An ornamental firework which turns round, when in the air, so as to form a scroll of fire. --G. Francis.; Whirlpool; Vortex esp. of whirlwind or whirlpool

Trammel:

\Tram"mel\, n. Anything that restrains; net; shackles v. catch; limit; bind; confine; restrict.

Uxorious:

\Ux*o"ri*ous\, a. Foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife.

Vanward:

\Van"ward\, a. Being on, or towards, the front.

Vexillum:

\Vex*il"lum\, n. A flag or standard; a company of troops serving under one standard.

Volage:

\Vo*lage"\, a. Light; giddy.

Volar:

\Vo"lar\, a. Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.

Volplane:

\Vol"plane\, v. To glide in a flying machine.

Vulnerary:

\Vul"ner*a*ry\, a. Useful in healing wounds; adapted to the cure of external injuries.

Welk:

\Welk\, v. 1: To wither, to fade, to wane, to wilt 2: to contract, to shorten 3: To soak; also, to beat severely.

Wimple:

\Wim"ple\, v. 1: To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; to hoodwink 2: to draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits 3: to cause to ripple or undulate n. a cloth worn over the head and around the neck an ears as by nuns.

Youze:

\Youze\, n. The cheetah.

Zenith:

\Ze"nith\, n. 1: The point of the heavens directly overhead 2: the point of culmination; the greatest height; the height of success or prosperity.

Ziti:

\Zi"ti\, n. Medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces.

I got all of my definitions from either Hypertext Webster Gateway or The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus.

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