33 Words That Will Confound You
some of these 33 words are foreign words adopted by English speakers; others are just strange-looking words.
Vocabulary Cards: 33
- 1.
- jewelry
- an ornament or decoration: bauble
- 2.
- slander
- 3.
- a person who intentionally deceives
- fraud
- quack
- 4.
- attendant
- doorkeeper
- janitor
- 5.
- critic
- an expert in the arts
- 6.
- mystery
- riddle
- enigma
- 7.
- pervert
- defile
- to corrupt by sensuality
- 8.
- amateur
- a person who dabbles in the arts for amusement
- 9.
- a command
- an order
- 10.
- awkward
- lacking social graces
- tactless
- 11.
- translucent
- sheer and light, like cobwebs
- 12.
- pride
- excessive arrogance
- conceit
- 13.
- an official license, approval or sanction (esp. to be published or printed)
- 14.
- unconcerned
- carefree
- jaunty
- 15.
- a powerful belief, ideology or institution that draws blind devotion
- 16.
- scope of knowledge
- 17.
- praise
- honor
- glory
- 18.
- gruesome
- morbid
- grim
- 19.
- surroundings or environment
- ambiance
- 20.
- a fraud
- charlatan
- quack
- 21.
- a drug or drink to alleviate one's sorrow or woe
- 22.
- disgrace or dishonor incurred from shameful conduct
- infamy
- ignominy
- 23.
- an illicit lover
- philanderer
- debaucher
- 24.
- a slight offense
- minor crime
- misdemeanor
- 25.
- any group of people grouped closely together for a specific purpose (esp. a military one)
- 26.
- a stamp collector
- 27.
- to form a line or sequence, as in a parade or caravan
- 28.
- commonplace, everyday, or trivial
- occurring or returning daily
- 29.
- a skillful teller of stories and anecdotes
- 30.
- to explore caves
- 31.
- a replacement or substitute
- 32.
- yearning
- desire
- 33.
- a flying lighter-than-air craft
- dirigible
- blimp