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A Mini-Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words

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This mini-dictionary was inspired by the novel and imaginative use of language in the following publications:

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown; The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart; Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk; The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger; Moon Dust by Andrew Smith; The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien.

In other words, when I came across a word with which I was unfamiliar, I looked it up and added it to this compilation - and yes, there were even words in The Da Vinci Code which stumped me!
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qi   has been listed 18 times with 1 comment
propinquity   has been listed 69 times with 1 comment
vicariously   has been listed 19 times with 1 comment
alacrity   has been listed 91 times with 1 comment
ignominy   has been listed 40 times with 1 comment
bucolic   has been listed 63 times with 3 comments
attrition   has been listed 19 times with 0 comments
micturate   has been listed 25 times with 3 comments
vacillation   has been listed 9 times with 0 comments
egregious   has been listed 140 times with 6 comments
weft   has been listed 16 times with 0 comments
excelsis   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
opprobrium   has been listed 58 times with 2 comments
avarice   has been listed 43 times with 1 comment
spaghettification   has been listed 11 times with 1 comment
paucity   has been listed 57 times with 1 comment
acatalectic   has been listed 7 times with 0 comments
factivity   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
mutandum   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
desideratum   has been listed 32 times with 0 comments
forenenst   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
honorific   has been listed 7 times with 0 comments
hubris   has been listed 84 times with 6 comments
euphonic   has been listed 11 times with 0 comments
byzantine   has been listed 50 times with 4 comments
garrulous   has been listed 57 times with 0 comments
onanism   has been listed 25 times with 0 comments
interrogative   has been listed 10 times with 0 comments
appertainment   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
non sequitur   has been listed 29 times with 0 comments
self-effacing   has been listed 4 times with 0 comments
wraithlike   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
victuals   has been listed 22 times with 1 comment
venerate   has been listed 15 times with 0 comments
vehemence   has been listed 7 times with 0 comments
tumescent   has been listed 26 times with 1 comment
transmogrification   has been listed 12 times with 0 comments
supine   has been listed 52 times with 2 comments
sophism   has been listed 5 times with 0 comments
soixante-neuf   has been listed 4 times with 11 comments
skein   has been listed 30 times with 2 comments
sepulchral   has been listed 21 times with 0 comments
redolent   has been listed 59 times with 0 comments
prosaic   has been listed 58 times with 0 comments
pro forma   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments
proclivity   has been listed 57 times with 0 comments
perfunctory   has been listed 60 times with 2 comments
pejorative   has been listed 64 times with 1 comment
pas de trios   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
pantheism   has been listed 7 times with 0 comments
pander   has been listed 29 times with 1 comment
ostensible   has been listed 43 times with 0 comments
nihilism   has been listed 33 times with 4 comments
neophyte   has been listed 40 times with 0 comments
moil   has been listed 12 times with 2 comments
milquetoast   has been listed 73 times with 2 comments
mea culpa   has been listed 16 times with 0 comments
manqué   has been listed 7 times with 2 comments
lascivious   has been listed 92 times with 1 comment
jeu d'esprit   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments
indigent   has been listed 13 times with 0 comments
grimoire   has been listed 34 times with 2 comments
fecundity   has been listed 40 times with 4 comments
erudite   has been listed 111 times with 0 comments
epater les bourgeois   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
entresol   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments
emancipate   has been listed 6 times with 0 comments
detumescent   has been listed 5 times with 0 comments
corpulent   has been listed 60 times with 0 comments
catechism   has been listed 21 times with 0 comments
bordello   has been listed 18 times with 1 comment
balustrade   has been listed 43 times with 4 comments
austere   has been listed 53 times with 1 comment
atrium   has been listed 13 times with 0 comments
ascetic   has been listed 37 times with 0 comments
armoire   has been listed 8 times with 0 comments
apropos   has been listed 70 times with 3 comments
aphorism   has been listed 44 times with 3 comments
antediluvium   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
anomie   has been listed 50 times with 0 comments
abase   has been listed 10 times with 0 comments
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