Pedantry- N.- a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning. The recess advisor was pedantry with all of the children.
Odious-Adj.-Extremely Unpleasant. The BLT prepared by Mr.Paul was extremely odious.
Luxuriant-Adj.- Rich and profuse in growth. The man's shrubbery in front of his house was very luxuriant.
Dictum-N.-A formal pronouncment from an authoritative source. The russian leaders dictum was very offensive.
Cacophany-N.- a harsh discordant mixture of sounds. The band's cacophony of guitars and drums were very mesmerizing.
Proclivity-N.- a tendency to choose or do something regularly. The mans proclivity happened quite often at his work place.
Proboscis-N.- A nose of a mammal. The man's proboscis had very fine sense of smell.
Stratum-N.- a layer or series of layers of rocks in the ground. The man made stratum was now in the mans front yard.
Mausoleum-N.-a building, large stately building. The rich man owned a mausoleum instead a normal house.
Marionette-N.- a puppet worked from above by strings attached to its limbs. The man was being controlled like a marrionette.
Phoenix-N.- a unique bird that lived for five or six centuries in arabian desert, after this time burning itself on a funeral pyre and rising from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle. The man fought, and died like a pheonix.
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