Manege
-an arena or enclosed area
in which horses/riders
trained
Inchoate
-recently started but not
fully formed yet; just begun
Sesquipedalian
-characterized by the use of
long words
Cymotrichous
-wavy hair
Brobdingnagian
-Tremendous size
Quivive
-Alert or lookout
Schadenfreude
-delight taken in anothers
misfortune
Aucorant
-knowing about the newest
info
Jeu desprit
-a witty comment
Jenesaisquoi
-a pleasant quality that is
hard to describe
Phthisick
-refers to condition or
diseases of the lungs
Floccinaucinihilipilificati
on
-to estimate something as
worthless
Feuilleton
-a part of a European
newspaper devoted to
entertain the reader
Pulchritudinous
-a way to describe great
physical beauty
Woolfardisworthy
-village in UK
Quadruped
-animal that has 4 feet
Requiem
-a Christian religious
ceremony for a dead person
Roseate
-overly optimistic
Demagogue
-a political leader who tries
to get support by making
false claims and promises
Segue
-proceeds to what follows
without pause
Subtle
-not showing your real
purpose
-making use of clever and
indirect methods to achieve
something
Manque
-having failed ; unfulfilled
Maquis
-french resistance
movement during the
german occupation
Qi gong
-an ancient healing art ;
controlled breathing
Jus Sanguinis
-a rule that a childs
citizenship is determined by
its parents citizenship
Voxpopuli
-popular sentiment
Hippopotomonstrosesqu
ipperdaliophobia
-fear of long words
Jussoli
-a rule: the citizenship of a
child is determined by the
place of its birth
Juxtapose
-to place different things
together in order to create
an interesting effect
Jejune
-not interesting
-too simple
Indict
-accuse, criticize, or to
charge with a fault/offense
Milieux
-physical/social setting in
which people live or in
which something happens
or develops
Caveat
-explanation/warning that
should be remembered
when youre doing or
thinking about something;
an explanation to prevent
misinterpretation
Atelier
-a workshop/studio
especially one used by an
artist or designer
Poignant
-causing strong feeling of
sadness
Frustule
-a shell
Euphausiid
-group of crabs
Fuliginous
-colored by or as if by soot
Kowtow
-agree too easily/eagerly to
do someone wants you to
do
Facetiae
-witty/humorous writing or
saying
Renege
-refuse to do something
that you promised to do
Kakorrhaphiophobia
-fear of failure
Pseudopseudohypoparat
hyroi
dism
-an inherited disorder that
closely simulates the
symptoms but not the
consequences of it. It
doesnt show resistance to
parathyroid hormone.