Faux pas (fow paz) - a significant or embarrassing error or mistake.

Ignominious (ig-ne-me-neyes) - something characterized by disgrace, shame, or dishonor;

deserving of shame or infamy.
Illinois (i-li-noy) - a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordering Lake
Michigan to the northeast, the Mississippi River to the west, and the Wabash and Ohio rivers to
the south.
Inchoate (in-ko-wet) - being only partly in existence or operation
Ischaemia (as-ki-mi-ya) - a condition where blood flow and oxygen are reduced to a part of the
body
Lackadaisical (la-ka-dey-zi-kal) - lacking life, spirit, or zest
Misogynist (me-sa-je-nist) - a person who hates or discriminates against women
Niche (nich, nish) - a recess in a wall especially for a statue; a place, employment, status, or
activity for which a person or thing is best fitted
Ophthalmology (af-thal-ma-la-gy) - a branch of medical science dealing with the structure,
functions, and diseases of the eye
Pauciloquy (pah-si-lo-kwi) - brevity in speech
Pseudonym (su-de-nim) - a fictitious name; pen name
Puerile (pyu-rel) - childishly silly and trivial
Quay (ki, key, kwey) - a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing
place
Queue (kyu) - a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head; a waiting line
especially of persons or vehicles; a sequence of messages or jobs held in temporary storage
awaiting transmission or processing
Quiche (kish) - an unsweetened custard pie usually having a savory filling (such as spinach,
mushrooms, or ham)
Quinoa (kin-wa) - an annual herb (Chenopodium quinoa) of the goosefoot family that is native
to the Andean highlands and is cultivated for its starchy seeds which are used as food and
ground into flour
Regime (rey-zhim) - mode of rule or management; the characteristic behavior or orderly
procedure of a natural phenomenon or process
Rendezvous (ran-di-vu) - a place appointed for assembling or meeting; the process of bringing
two spacecraft together
Sesquipedalian (ses-kwe-pe-deyl-yan) - having many syllables; given to or characterized by the
use of long words
Sphygmomanometer (sfig-mo-me-na-me-ter) - an instrument for measuring blood pressure
and especially arterial blood pressure
Stultiloquence (stal-ti-lo-kwens) - senseless or silly talk
Triskaidekaphobia (tris-kay-de-ka-fo-bya, tris-ke-de-ka-fo-bya) - fear of the number 13
Ubiquitous (yu-bi-kwi-tes) - existing or being everywhere at the same time; constantly
encountered
Milieu (mil-yu, mil-yur) - the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops
Elegiacal (e-li-ja-ya-kal) - of, relating to, or consisting of two dactylic hexameter lines the second
of which lacks the arsis in the third and sixth feet; of, relating to, or comprising elegy or an elegy
Appoggiatura (a-pa-ja-tu-ra) - an embellishing note or tone preceding an essential melodic note
or tone and usually written as a note of smaller size
Stromuhr (stro-mur) - a rheometer designed to measure the amount and speed of blood flow
through an artery
Cymotrichous (say-mo-tri-cus) - having the hair wavy
Conundrum (kanan-dram) - an intricate and difficult problem; a riddle whose answer is or
involves a pun
Fisticuffs (fisti-cafs) - a fight with the fists
Aardvark (ard-vark) - a large burrowing nocturnal mammal (Orycteropus afer) of sub-Saharan
Africa that has a long snout, extensible tongue, powerful claws, large ears, and heavy tail and
feeds especially on termites and ants
Acquiesce (a-kwe-yes) - to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
Affenpinscher (a-fen-pin-cher) - any of a breed of toy dogs with a wiry black, red, tan, or gray
coat, erect ears, large round eyes, and bushy eyebrows, chin tuft, and mustache
Aqueous (eyk-we-yes, ak-we-yes) - of, relating to, or resembling water; of or relating to the
aqueous humor
Ballyhooed (ba-li-hud) - to praise or publicize something lavishly and often excessively
Boondoggle (bun-da-gel) - a braided cord worn by Boy Scouts as a neckerchief slide; a wasteful
or impractical project or activity often involving graft
Chateau (sha-tow) - a feudal castle or fortress in France; a large country house; a French
vineyard estate
Deliquesce (del-li-kwes) - to dissolve or melt away; to become soft or liquid with age or
maturity
Du jour (du-zhur) - made for a particular day; popular, fashionable, or prominent at a particular
time
Ebullience (i-bul-yens, i-bal-yens) - the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts or
feelings
Euphonious (yu-fow-ne-yes) - pleasing to the ear
Exiguous (ig-zi-gyu-wus) - excessively scanty
Ewe (yu, yow) - the female of the sheep especially when mature
Fjeld (fi-yeld) - a barren plateau of the Scandinavian upland
Froufrou (fru-fru) - a rustling especially of a woman's skirts; showy or frilly ornamentation
Ganache (ga-nash) - a sweet creamy chocolate mixture used especially as a filling or frosting
Gnocchi (no-ki, nyo-ki) - dumplings usually made with potato or semolina and served with
sauce
Grotesqueness (grow-tesk-nes) - ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
Hauteur (ha-tur) - haughtiness of manner; disdainful pride
Hermeneutics (her-ma-nu-tiks) - the study of the methodological principles of interpretation
Hitchcockian (hich-ka-ke-yan) - something that combines suspense, technique, and wit, and is
related to Alfred Hitchcock
Hoity-toity (hoy-ti-toy-ti) - thoughtless giddy behavior
Hydrangea (hay-dreyn-ja) - any of a genus (Hydrangea) of mostly shrubs having opposite leaves
and showy clusters of usually sterile white, pink, or bluish flowers that is either placed in the
saxifrage family or the hydrangea family (Hydrangeaceae)
Hydrocortisone (hay-dro-kor-ti-sown) - a corticosteroid medicine that reduces pain, swelling,
and itching by calming the body's immune response
Jactance (jak-tans) - vainglorious boasting
Jingoism (jing-go-wi-zem) - extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a
belligerent foreign policy
Juxtapose (jaks-ta-powz) - to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or
contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
Liaise (le-yeyz) - to establish liaison; to act as a liaison officer
Moissanite (moy-sa-nayt) - a silicon carbide SiC found in the Diablo Canyon meteoric iron
Noxious (nak-shes) - physically harmful or destructive to living beings
Opprobrious (o-pro-bri-yes) - expressive of opprobrium; deserving of opprobrium
Peacenik (pis-nik) - an opponent of war
Phlebotomy (fli-ba-to-mi) - the drawing of blood (as by venipuncture) for transfusion,
apheresis, diagnostic testing, or experimental procedures
Posthumous (pos-chu-mus) - born after the death of the father; published after the death of
the author; following or occurring after death
Pugnacious (pag-ney-shus) - having a quarrelsome or combative nature
Rambunctious (ram-bank-shus) - marked by uncontrollable exuberance
Rapscallion (raps-kal-yen) - a person who causes trouble
Raucous (ro-kus) - disagreeably harsh or strident; boisterously disorderly
Reconnoiter (re-ko-noy-ter) - to make a reconnaissance of; to engage in reconnaissance
Requiem (re-kwi-yem) - a mass for the dead; a solemn chant (such as a dirge) for the repose of
the dead; a musical setting of the mass for the dead
Sacrosanct (sa-kro-sangkt) - most sacred or holy; treated as if holy : immune from criticism or
violation
Sclerosis (skle-row-sis) - pathological hardening of tissue especially from overgrowth of fibrous
tissue or increase in interstitial tissue
Seethe (sith) - to suffer violent internal excitement; to be in a state of rapid agitated movement
Smithereens (smi-thi-rinz) - small broken pieces
Somniloquy (som-ni-lo-kwi) - the action or habit of talking in one's sleep
Tableau (tab-low) - a graphic description or representation
Tempestuous (tem-pes-chu-wes) - of, relating to, or resembling a tempest
Thwartwise (thwort-wayz) - extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to
the long axis
Tsk-tsked (tisk-tiskd) - express disapproval of by or as if by uttering tsk
Vaudeville (vod-vel, vowd-vil, vo-de-vil) - a light often comic theatrical piece frequently
combining pantomime, dialogue, dancing, and song; stage entertainment consisting of various
acts (such as performing animals, comedians, or singers)
Zeitgeist (sayt-gays, zayt-gays) - the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era
Frijoles (fri-how-li) - any of various beans used in Mexican style cooking
Dendrochronology (den-dro-kro-no-lo-ji) - the science of dating events and variations in
environment in former periods by comparative study of growth rings in trees and aged wood
Sphagnum (sfag-num) - any of an order (Sphagnales, containing a single genus Sphagnum) of
atypical mosses that grow only in wet acid areas where their remains become compacted with
other plant debris to form peat
Okefenokee (ow-ki-fi-now-ki) - swamp over 600 square miles (1554 square kilometers) long in
southeastern Georgia and northeastern Florida
Popocatepetl (pow-po-ka-te-pe-tel) - volcano 17,887 feet (5452 meters) high in Puebla,
southeast central Mexico
Shaanxi (shan-shi) - province of north central China bordering on the Huang (Yellow) River;
capital Xi'an area 75,598 square miles (195,799 square kilometers), population 37,327,379
Albuquerque
Turquoise
Pleiades
Coccidiosis
Versailles
Acetaminophen
A la grecque
A posteriori
Ab aeterno
Ad nauseum
Adieu
Adscititious
Aerophilatelic
Affiche
Ahuehuete
Alleluiatic
Allochroous
Amuse-gueule
Anabathmoi
Andouille
Aniseikonia
Ardhamagadhi
Ardoise
Bahuvrihi
Barnumesque
Bhikshuni
Blatherskite
Bordereaux
Boutonniere
Cachexia
Canaille
Carcajou
Carrageenan
Chatushka
Choucroute
Consigliere
Coulisse
Coulrophobia
Croquembouche
Daguerreotype
Darmstadtium
Decastich
Demitasse
Dghaisa
Djibouti
Drahthaar
Dvandva
Dysrhythmia
Ecchymosis
Eisteddfod
Eleemosynary
Embouchure
Equatoguinean
Erewhonian
Escritoire
Etouffee
Exchequer
Farouche
Feldenkrais
Ferruginous
Fibromyalgia
Frabjous
Furneaux
Gasthaus
Gegenschein
Gesellschaft
Glyceraldehyde
Gyascutus
Hiortdahlite
Homoscedasticity
Ichthyology
Insouciance
Jalousie
Kjeldahl
Kriegspiel
Kwashiorkor
Llullaillaco
Lobscouse
Luftmensch
Mademoiselle
Maringouin
Meringue
Microfiche
Moiety
Nouveau
Oeuvre
Onychorrhexis
Ouagadougou
Oxyacetylene
Panathenaea
Pappardelle
Pareidolia
Perciatelli
Petechia
Piscivorous
Portmanteau
Poltergeist
Promyshlennik
Pschent
Ptyxis
Quaoar
Quakka
Rajpramukh
Rembrandt
Renvoi
Revanche
Rinceau
Rondeau
Saoshyant
Schefflera
Sciolistic
Sesquipedalian
Sprechstimme
Struthious
Svarabhakti
Taoiseach
Tchefuncte
Temalacatl
Tic douloureux
Trompe l’oeil
Trouvaille
Tusche
Usufruct
Wampanoag
Yttriferous