I was reading a celebrity worst dressed list this morning when I happened to come across the word "septuagenarian". I still can't pronounce it, but it gave me a marvelous idea. I will post a list of strange words and I challenge you, my beloved readers, to find their definitions. But be forewarned, I will plant some awesome but non-existent words to throw you a curve.

1. Septuagenarian
2. Parabola
3. Pecuniary
4. Xenophobe
5. Yeoman
6. Nomenclature
7. Moiety
8. Pwagmatasquamsetport
9. Nihilism
10. Ziggurat
11. Quasar
12. Chikalawamflabble
13. Quotidian
14. Soliloquy

Now, go enlarge your vocabulary!

6 comments:

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Anonymous said...

Lovin the fake words... and the real ones

Jessi said...

septuagenarian- 70 or 80 years old
parabola- a plane curve
pecuniary- of or partaining to $
xenophobe- a foreigner hater
yeoman- a officer in the navy
nomenclature- system of terms
moiety- a half, portion
pwagsmatasetport is not real
nihilism- rejection of laws
ziggurat- sumerian temple
quasar- the word exists. cant find
chikalawamflabble is not real
quotidian- daily
soliloquy- talking to one's self

YAY I WIN! I figured out all of the words, and i knew which one's were fake with my naked eye! MWA HA HA!!!! you can't fool me now!!!

Persephone said...

Well, I knew number 4, but then again I know practically all the phobias...

Persephone said...

And for your information, jessi, quasar means:
a massive and extremely remote celestial object, emitting exceptionally large amounts of energy, and typically having a starlike image in a telescope.(Webster's dictionary)

Joanne said...

So, how about these interesting words:

gnosis
papillote
beneficence
cetane number
marplot