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 TCHOTCHKE- \CHOCH-kuh\, noun:
A trinket; a knickknack.

Example:
Aunt Emma left this little tchotchke for Sarah to
remember her by.

Example 2:
The stalls at this year’s county fair had so many stalls
giving away several of their tchotchkes.
 VERTIGINOUS- \vur-TIJ-uh-nuhs\, adjective:
1. Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.
2. Causing or tending to cause dizziness.
3. Turning round; whirling; revolving.

Example:
“That carnival ride is what I would call vertiginous!”

Example 2:
The vertiginous carnival ride made Marie nauseous.
 AEGIS- \EE-jis\, noun:
1. Protection; support.
2. A shield or protective armor;
-- applied in mythology to the shield of Zeus.

Example:
Andrew was unharmed by the explosion, as the thick wall
served as his aegis.
 FIRMAMENT- \FUR-muh-muhnt\, noun:
The region of the air; the sky; the heavens.

Example:
Everything seemed to have a faint red tint on that fateful
day, as the wild fires seemed to reach the firmament.
 FLORID- \FLOR-id\, adjective:
1. Flushed with red; of a lively reddish color.
2. Excessively ornate; flowery; as, "a florid style;
florid eloquence."

Example:
Angie became florid with excitement, as she found out
that she was accepted to her dream university.
 GLABROUS- \GLAY-bruhs\, adjective:
Smooth; having a surface without hairs, projections,
or any unevenness.

Example:
Our old table seemed magnificent and glabrous after it
had been sanded and re-varnished.
 COPIOUS- \KOH-pee-uhs\, adjective:
1. Affording an abundant supply; plentifully furnished;
lavish.
2. Large in quantity; plentiful, profuse; abundant.

Example:
Lorraine purchased a copious amount of designer jeans,
after she had heard that they were going to be on sale.
JUNTA- \HUN-tuh, JUHN-tuh\, noun:
1. A governmental council or committee, especially one
that rules after a revolution.
2. A closely knit group united for a common purpose and
usually meeting secretly; also called a junto.

Example:
The junta decided on granting the offender a fair trial.
MARTINET- \mar-t'n-ET\, noun:
1. A strict disciplinarian.
2. One who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details
of forms and methods.

Example:
Miss Marple asked us to write an essay for each item on
the list as punishment for being late; she is what I would
call a martinet.
 CAVEAT- \KAY-vee-at; KAV-ee-; KAH-vee-aht\, noun:
1. (Law) A notice given by an interested party to some
officer not to do a certain act until the opposition has a
hearing.
2. A warning or caution; also, a cautionary qualification
or explanation to prevent misunderstanding.

Example:
A caveat was issued regarding the trial a few weeks
beforehand.
 BOMBINATE- \BOM-buh-nayt\, intransitive verb:
To buzz; to hum; to drone.

Example:
The bees began to bombinate furiously as their hive was
hit by the child’s baseball.
 HALE- \HAYL\, adjective:
Free from disease and weakening conditions; healthy.

Example:
The hospital’s staff is hale and cheery, a characteristic
that puts the patients at ease.
 CARAPACE- \KAIR-uh-pace\, noun:
1. The thick shell that covers the back of the turtle,
the
crab, and other animals.
2. Something likened to a shell that serves to protect or
isolate from external influence.

Example:
The critter had a pretty thick carapace, as it survived
the rare downpour of hail on the desert plains.
 DIGERATI- \dij-uh-RAH-tee\, plural noun:
Persons knowledgeable about computers and technology.

Example:
“Andy is the person to ask about these machines, after
all, he is a self- proclaimed digerati.”
 SACROSANCT- \SAK-roh-sankt\, adjective:
Sacred; inviolable.

Example:
Mother Teresa had put others before herself, and most
people would consider her to be sacrosanct.
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