Word Play

Hello Commoners!

Learning is pretty rad. How about knowing some new words to impress the hoi polloi today?

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1. Idee fixe (ee-day-feeks)

An idea that dominates the mind; a fixed idea; an obsession.

>>Wondering how fun she would be to chase, Jessica became an idee fixe of the dinosaurs.

2. Sycophant (sik-uh-fuhnt)

A person who attempts to win favor by flattering people of wealth or influence; a parasite; a toady.

>> Jessica threw a grapefruit at the sycophant's mouth, wondering if she were dropped as a baby.

3.Impregnable (im-preg-nuh-buhl)

Not capable of being stormed or taken by assault; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress

>> As Jessica attacked Little Transylvania, the villagers and vampires realized that she was impregnable.

4.Gambol (gam-buhl)

To dance and skip about in play; to frolic.

>>When the sun goes down, Jessica likes to gambol with Siobhan.

5.Brobdingnagian (brob-ding-nag-ee-uhn)

Of extraordinary size; gigantic; enormous.

>> Jessica had a brobdingnagian collection of gnomes.

6.Canorous (kan-or-uhs)

Richly melodious; pleasant sounding; musical.

>>When Jessica woke up, she realized that the canorous voice she heard down the hall was, in fact, hers.

7.Irascible (ih-rass-uh-buhl)

Prone to anger; easily provoked to anger; hot-tempered.

>> Jessica knew a lion that was irascible.

8. Foudroyant (foo-droi-uhnt)

Overwhelming and sudden in effect

>> The smell was so foudroyant, Jessica tried to kill the skunk with a hockey stick.

9. Busker (bus-kur)
A person who entertains (as by playing music) in public places.
>> Jessica seduced a young busker named Rain.

10. Hoi Polloi (hoi-puh-loi)

The common people generally; the masses.

>> The hoi polloi thought Jessica was a foreigner, an alien of some sort.

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Hope you learned something new! More coming your way soon, Commoners!

Definitions got from dictionary.com

-Marley Marls