Uncommon

cavil

[kav-uhl]

to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily

perfidious

[per-fid-ee-uhs]

deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful

plashy

[plash-ee]

marshy; wet

succedaneum

[suhk-si-dey-nee-uhm]

a substitute

anime

[an-uh-mey]

a style of Japanese film and television animation, typically aimed at adults as well as children

perspicacious

[pur-spi-key-shuhs]

having a ready insight into and understanding of things

pellucid

[puh-loo-sid]

allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent; clear

contrived

[kuhn-trahyvd]

obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained

noisome

[noi-suhm]

of or related to an offensive, unpleasant, or disgusting as an odor

manavelins

[muh-nav-uh-linz]

miscellaneous pieces of gear and material

gasconade

[gas-kuh-neyd]

extravagant boasting

darg

[dahrg]

a day's work

incipient

[in-sip-ee-uhnt]

beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage

eucatastrophe

[yoo-kuh-ta-struh-fee]

a sudden and favorable resolution of events in a story; a happy ending

ken

[ken]

one's range of knowledge or sight

inimical

[ih-nim-i-kuhl]

adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful

peregrinate

[per-i-gruh-neyt]

to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot

draconian

[drey-koh-nee-uhn]

excessively harsh and severe

prothalamion

[proh-thuh-ley-mee-on]

a song or poem celebrating an upcoming wedding

expurgate

[ek-sper-geyt]

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

feckless

[fek-lis]

lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible

indissoluble

[in-di-sol-yuh-buhl]

not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed

pharaonic

[fair-ey-on-ik]

impressively or overwhelmingly large, luxurious, etc.

adversary

[ad-ver-ser-ee]

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