Big Word of the Week
This page was inspired by my friend Sarah. I know a lot of unusual words because I read too much, so at one point she began asking me to give her the "Big Word of the Day" and its definition. Here I'm doing "Big Word of the Week" because I don't want to change it every day, and I don't know that many big words. Note: In the pronunciation, � stands for long "A". For some reason the long mark keeps changing to that accent mark.
This Week's Big Word: zonk [zonk] - to get drunk
Past Big Words
October 2-8: androgynous [an DRAW jə nəs] - both male and female (not to be confused with androgenous, which means "producing male offspring")
September 25-October 1: derisive [der IS iv] - mocking, sarcastic (adjective)
Summer 2005: idiosyncrasy [ID ee ō SING crə see] - peculiar habit or reaction to a particular substance
June 5-June 11: somnambulate [som NAM bū lāt] - sleepwalk
May 29-June 4: bibliophile [BIB lee ō file] - lover of books
May 22-28: superfluous [sū PER flū əs] - unnecessary
May 1-7: prognathous [PROG nə thəs] - having an overbite, and underbite, or both
April 24-30: fastidious [fas TID ee us] - hard to please
April 17-23: cacophony [ka KO fə nee] - unpleasant sound; racket
April 10-16: thewy [THEW ee] - muscular
April 3-9: suffice [su FICE] - be enough
March 27-April 2: ere [air] - before
March 20-26: zymurgy [ZĪ mər jē] - chemistry of fermentation in wine-making
March 13-19: unctuous [ŬNC chū əs] - oily, as in an unctuous voice
March 6-12: extemporaneous [ex TEMP ər �N ĕ əs] - without any previous preparation
Febrary 27-March 5: ersatz [ƏR zŏtz] - substitute, usually not as good as what it is replacing.
February 20-26: prolifical [prō LIF i cəl] - producing much of something
February 13-19: beguiling [bə GILE ing] - decieving/deceitful, misleading
February 6-12: unscathed [un SK�TH d] - unharmed, uninjured
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