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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!
Words 1 through 97 of 97

sinecure   has been listed 72 times with 6 comments

cloche   has been listed 11 times with 2 comments

recant   has been listed 16 times with 1 comment

antimetabole   has been listed 10 times with 3 comments

lubricious   has been listed 53 times with 3 comments

macrocephalus   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments

verisimilitude   has been listed 239 times with 6 comments

berm   has been listed 15 times with 5 comments

retinue   has been listed 20 times with 2 comments

trite   has been listed 33 times with 0 comments

contrite   has been listed 37 times with 0 comments

animus   has been listed 24 times with 0 comments

internecine   has been listed 92 times with 0 comments

polemic   has been listed 65 times with 0 comments

canard   has been listed 60 times with 5 comments

insuperable   has been listed 21 times with 0 comments

qi   has been listed 22 times with 1 comment

propinquity   has been listed 92 times with 9 comments

vicariously   has been listed 20 times with 1 comment

alacrity   has been listed 139 times with 2 comments

ignominy   has been listed 52 times with 2 comments

bucolic   has been listed 93 times with 5 comments

attrition   has been listed 33 times with 0 comments

micturate   has been listed 26 times with 3 comments

vacillation   has been listed 10 times with 0 comments

egregious   has been listed 180 times with 10 comments

weft   has been listed 20 times with 0 comments

excelsis   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments

opprobrium   has been listed 79 times with 3 comments

avarice   has been listed 63 times with 1 comment

spaghettification   has been listed 16 times with 4 comments

paucity   has been listed 76 times with 1 comment

acatalectic   has been listed 10 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 45 times with 1 comment

forenenst   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments

honorific   has been listed 9 times with 0 comments

hubris   has been listed 108 times with 7 comments

euphonic   has been listed 13 times with 0 comments

byzantine   has been listed 63 times with 4 comments

garrulous   has been listed 88 times with 1 comment

onanism   has been listed 28 times with 8 comments

interrogative   has been listed 11 times with 0 comments

appertainment   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments

non sequitur   has been listed 41 times with 2 comments

self-effacing   has been listed 5 times with 0 comments

wraithlike   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments

victuals   has been listed 26 times with 2 comments

venerate   has been listed 21 times with 0 comments

vehemence   has been listed 13 times with 0 comments

tumescent   has been listed 31 times with 1 comment

transmogrification   has been listed 17 times with 1 comment

supine   has been listed 72 times with 2 comments

sophism   has been listed 9 times with 0 comments

soixante-neuf   has been listed 5 times with 11 comments

skein   has been listed 42 times with 2 comments

sepulchral   has been listed 37 times with 1 comment

redolent   has been listed 87 times with 1 comment

prosaic   has been listed 72 times with 1 comment

pro forma   has been listed 4 times with 1 comment

proclivity   has been listed 76 times with 0 comments

perfunctory   has been listed 82 times with 3 comments

pejorative   has been listed 93 times with 2 comments

pas de trios   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments

pantheism   has been listed 10 times with 0 comments

pander   has been listed 37 times with 2 comments

ostensible   has been listed 59 times with 0 comments

nihilism   has been listed 43 times with 4 comments

neophyte   has been listed 53 times with 0 comments

moil   has been listed 20 times with 6 comments

milquetoast   has been listed 104 times with 3 comments

mea culpa   has been listed 23 times with 10 comments

manqué   has been listed 15 times with 2 comments

lascivious   has been listed 117 times with 2 comments

jeu d'esprit   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments

indigent   has been listed 18 times with 0 comments

grimoire   has been listed 43 times with 2 comments

fecundity   has been listed 51 times with 4 comments

erudite   has been listed 149 times with 3 comments

epater les bourgeois   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments

entresol   has been listed 5 times with 0 comments

emancipate   has been listed 8 times with 0 comments

detumescent   has been listed 5 times with 0 comments

corpulent   has been listed 78 times with 0 comments

catechism   has been listed 35 times with 0 comments

bordello   has been listed 19 times with 1 comment

balustrade   has been listed 50 times with 5 comments

austere   has been listed 81 times with 1 comment

atrium   has been listed 19 times with 0 comments

ascetic   has been listed 53 times with 1 comment

armoire   has been listed 10 times with 0 comments

apropos   has been listed 88 times with 3 comments

aphorism   has been listed 66 times with 3 comments

antediluvium   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments

anomie   has been listed 69 times with 1 comment

abase   has been listed 15 times with 0 comments

Words 1 through 97 of 97
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