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Weird Word: Impinge

Impinge Verb To make a physical impact (on); to collide; to crash (upon) To interfere with; to encroach (on, upon) To have an effect upon, to limit Used in a sentence: The guard impinged with the...

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Weird Word: Threap

Threap Noun an altercation, quarrel, argument an accusation or serious charge Verb to scold, rebuke to argue, bicker Used in a sentence: She threaped with him over the value of the zuz so loudly the...

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Weird Word: Renege

Renege Verb To break a promise or commitment; to go back on one’s word. In a card game, to break one’s commitment to follow suit when capable. (archaic) To deny; to renounce Used in a sentence: To...

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Weird Word: Ensconce

Ensconce Verb To place in a secure environment To settle comfortably Used in a sentence: The trinket could be no further ensconced than in the fingers of the little girl. Source: Wiktionary Commentary:...

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Weird Word: Espy

Espy Verb To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy...

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Weird Word: Burgeon

Burgeon Verb To grow or expand. To swell to the point of bursting. Used in a sentence: The balloon began to slowly burgeon as they filled it the warm hair they would need lift off up into the stars....

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Weird Word: Sheaf

Sheaf Noun A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. Any collection of things bound together; a bundle. A bundle of arrows sufficient...

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Weird Word: Peculate

Peculate Verb To embezzle. Used in a sentence(s): “The suspect was found peculating,” Robert said, ignoring the snickers from the rest of the room, “to the tune of over twelve million dollars.”...

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Weird Word: Interpolate

Interpolate Verb To estimate the value of a function between two points between which it is tabulated. During the course of processing some data, and in response to a directive in that data, to fetch...

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Weird Word: Grok

Grok Verb To have or to have acquired an intuitive understanding of; to know (something) without having to think (such as knowing the number of objects in a collection without needing to count them)....

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Weird Word: Kvetch

Kvetch Noun Person who endlessly whines or complains. Person who finds fault with anything. Adjective Describing a kvetch or kvetcher. Verb To whine or complain, often needlessly. Used in a sentence:...

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Weird Word: Arrogate

Arrogate Verb To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right. Used in a sentence: While one might contend that the law of gravity has the up most claim in any argument, I still hold...

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Weird Word: Castigate

Castigate Verb To punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely. To revise or make corrections to a publication. Used in a sentence: I felt castigated but it was really my manuscript...

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Weird Word: Woggle

Woggle Noun U.S. Boy Scout’s neckerchief clasp or slide, originally a loop or ring of leather. Verb (archaic) Alternative spelling of waggle. Used in a sentence: “Why back in those days, we wore...

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Weird Word: Conflate

Conflate Verb To bring things together and fuse them into a single entity. To mix together different elements. Used in a sentence: The two machines conflated, first by sharing consciousness via an...

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Weird Word: Matriculate

Matriculate Verb To enroll as a member of a body, especially of a college or university To be enrolled as a member of a body, especially of a college or university. Used in a sentence: He told them...

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Weird Word: Fettle

Fettle Noun A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim. One’s mental state; spirits. Sand used to line a furnace. a seam line left by the meeting of mold pieces. Verb To line the hearth of a...

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Weird Word: Neap

Neap Noun The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals. A neap tide. Adjective Designating a tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is...

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Weird Word: Petard

Petard Noun A small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to blow a hole in a door or wall. Anything potentially explosive, in a non-literal sense. A loud firecracker. Verb To attack or blow a hole in...

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Weird Word: Shellac

Shellac Noun A processed secretion of the lac insect used in polishes, varnishes etc. Verb To coat something with shellac. To inflict a heavy defeat; to drub; to batter. Used primarily in sports and...

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Weird Word: Extirpate

Extirpate Verb To clear an area of roots and stumps.  To pull up by the roots; uproot. To destroy completely; to annihilate. To surgically remove. Noun (extirpation) The act of extirpating or...

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Weird Word: Defenestrate

Defenestrate Verb To eject or throw (someone or something) from a window To throw out. Other Forms: defenestrates defenestrating defenestrated defenestration Example Usage: The defenestration of...

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Weird Word: Transfenestrate

Transfenestrate Verb To eject or throw (someone or something) through a closed window Other Forms: transfenestrates transfenestrating transfenestrated transfenestration Example Usage: As the door...

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Weird Word: Palaver

Palaver Noun Talk, especially unnecessary talk, fuss. A meeting at which there is much talk; a debate. Disagreement Verb To discuss with much talk. Other Forms: palavers palavering palavered Example...

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Weird Word: Hippodrome

Hippodrome Noun A horse racing course. Verb To stage a baseball game to suit gamblers. Example Usage: A hippodrome was not a good place to hippodrome a baseball game, mostly because the horses added...

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