Uncommon

blandishment

[blan-dish-muhnt]

a flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone gently to do something

chthonic

[tha-nik]

of or relating to the deities, spirits, and other beings dwelling under the earth

adversary

[ad-ver-ser-ee]

one's opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute

ken

[ken]

one's range of knowledge or sight

orotund

[awr-uh-tuhnd]

(of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness

snickersnee

[snik-er-snee]

a knife, especially one used as a weapon.

melancholia

[mel-uhn-koh-lee-uh]

a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings

trenchant

[tren-chuhnt]

incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting

jocund

[jok-uhnd]

cheerful; merry; blithe; glad

incipient

[in-sip-ee-uhnt]

beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage

munificent

[myoo-nif-uh-suhnt]

characterized by great generosity

licentious

[lahy-sen-shuhs]

unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral

darg

[dahrg]

a day's work

expurgate

[ek-sper-geyt]

to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable

taradiddle

[tar-uh-did-l]

a small lie; fib

inchoate

[in-koh-it]

not organized; lacking order

panacea

[pan-uh-see-uh]

a remedy for all disease or ills

repugnant

[ri-puhg-nuhnt]

extremely distasteful; unacceptable

micawber

[mi-caw-ber]

one who is poor but lives in optimistic expectation of better fortune

cravat

[kruh-vat]

a short, wide strip of fabric worn by men around the neck and tucked inside an open-necked shirt

plumbeous

[pluhm-bee-uhs]

resembling or containing lead; leaden

maudlin

[mawd-lin]

tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental

draconian

[drey-koh-nee-uhn]

excessively harsh and severe

clinometer

[klahy-nom-i-ter]

an instrument used for measuring the angle or elevation of slopes