50 Unfamilliar Words by Lance Heindrick Yanos

Ardently – in away that shows strong feelings.
Covetous – wanting to have something too much, especially something

Synonyms: enthusiastic, exciting That belongs to others.
“He delivered his speech ardently to be more appealing.” Synonyms: acquisitions, greedy
“She is a covetous woman and she sure is proud of that”
Wry – showing that you find a bad or difficult situation funny.
Synonyms: ironic, sardonic Alimony – a regular amount of money that the law court orders to pay
“Kiyopon amusingly finds situations wryly.” his or her partner after a divorce.
Synonym: maintenance
Menial – menial work is boring, makes you feel tired, and is “After finding out that her husband is adulterous, she requested for
given a low social value. alimony for their kids.”
Synonyms: lackey, servile
“Working at a black company feels like doing a menial job.” Repertoire – all the music or plays, etc. that you can do or perform.
Synonym: collection
Condone – to accept or allow a behavior that is wrong. “My friend has a repertoire for every summer festivals.”
Synonyms: excuse, overlook
“Doting parents often condone their children’s mistakes.” Fleek – very attractive; as good as it could be.
Synonyms: flawless, impeccable, perfect
Dupe – to deceive someone, usually by making that person “He makes almost fleek outfits every time!”
do something that they did not intend to do.
Synonyms: fool, trick Enervate – to make someone feel weak or without energy.
Synonym: exhaust, tire
“Labor jobs enervate me more than usual that’s why I avoid it.”
Baffle – to cause someone to be completely unable to understand Oust – to force someone to leave a position of power, job, place or
or explain something. competition.
Synonyms: perplex, confuse, bewilder Synonyms: expel, overthrow
“I’m baffled as to how redstone works.” “I cant believe they just simply ousted our president.”
Profuse – produced or given in large amounts.

Posh – (of places and things) expensive and of high quality.
Synonym: exuberant, lush, luxuriant
Synonyms: fancy, deluxe, luxurious
“It was odd since they profusely gave me my commission.”
“There really are posh umbrellas, wow.”
Connoisseur – a person who knows a lot about and enjoys one

Boggle – to (cause someone or something) have difficulty imagining
of the art, food, drink, etc. and can judge quality and skill.
or understanding things.
Synonyms: maven, pundit, savant aesthete
Synonyms: confuse, wonder, marvel, amaze
“One of the judges will be a prominent connoisseur from France.”
“This lesson is boggling.”
Mundane – very ordinary and therefor not interesting.

Pudgy – slightly fat.
Synonyms: unremarkable, simple
Synonyms: chubby, plump
“What is this mundane design?!”
“I never experienced what being pudgy is like.”
Jaunt – a short journey for pleasure, sometimes including a stay.

Elated – extremely happy and excited, often because something has
Synonyms: outing, trip
happened or been achieved.
“We will have tons of summer joints this year.”
Synonyms: ecstatic, giddy
“Seeing her elated my whole day.”
Lurid - (especially of a description) shocking because involving
violence, sex, or immoral activity. Benign - pleasant and kind.
Synonym: gruesome Synonym: nice
“I don’t like lurid plots.” “She is a very benign girl.”
Impasse - a situation in which progress is impossible, especially because the Fad - a style, activity, or interest that is very popular for a short period of
people involved can not agree time.
Synonyms: dilemma, bind Synonym: trend
“Filipino impasses should be attended.” “Aesthetic clothing is what faddists wear these days”
Niche - a job or position that is very suitable for someone, especially one that Quell - to stop something, especially by using force.
they like.
Synonyms: crush, subdue
Synonym: vocation
“I somehow quelled my allies for infighting.”
“I am really hoping for a niche for my college preparations.”
Mitigate - to make something less harmful, unpleasant, or bad.

Zealous - enthusiastic and eager.
Synonym: extenuate
Synonyms: avid, eager
“Fortunately, our teacher managed to mitigate it too.”
“Lloyd is a very zealous man when it comes to badminton.”
Forge - to make an illegal copy of something in order to deceive.

Livid - extremely angry.
Synonyms: falsify, fake
Synonyms: furious, mad, sore, seething
“I asked an expert to forge me a ticket for Disney.”
“Anger in Inside Out is a very livid character.”
Ochre - a yellowish-orange color, or a substance obtained from
earth that is used for giving this color to paints. Puzzled - confused because you do not understand something.
Synonyms: sepia, coppery Synonyms: confused, bewildered
“The sunset has an oddly ochre view.” “The king showed a very puzzled smile.”
Mend - to repair something that is broken or damaged. Chauvinism - the strong and unreasonable belief that your own country or
race is the best or most important.
Synonyms: fix, repair, patch up
Synonym: nationalism
“It’s amazing how smithies can mend tools.”
“I bet Filipino chauvinism will still continue as generations pass.”
Phony - not sincere or not real.

Frenzy - (an example of) uncontrolled and excited behavior or
Synonyms: bogus, fake, false (not true)
emotion that is sometimes violent.
“Her phony smile really makes my eyebrows meet.”
Synonym: fury
“I heard sharks go frenzy on winter.”
Devious - people or plans and methods are dishonest, often in
a complicated way, but often also clever and successful.
Synonym: dishonest Docile - quiet and easy to influence, persuade, or control.
“That antagonist is devious.” Synonyms: easy-going, amenable

“Most of my friends deemed me as a docile person.”
Hostile - unfriendly and not liking something.

Synonyms: unfriendly, cold Ensconce - to make yourself very comfortable or safe in a place or position.
“Most predators in the wild are hostile to humans.” Synonym: settle

“Ensconce yourself for a while, I’ll be back.”
Zany – strange, surprising, or uncontrolled in a humorous way. Bane - a cause of continuous trouble or unhappiness.
Synonym: goofy Synonyms: curse, scourge
“He likes to tell us zany stories of his life.” “You are the opposite of the bane in my life!”
Duly – in the correct way, or in the correct time; as expected. Candor – the quality of being honest and telling the truth, especially
Synonyms: appropriately, properly about a difficult or embarrassing topic.
“I hope we’ll met again the a duly time” Synonym: candid
“He is only one of the few people I consider as candors.”
Yap – if a small dog yaps, it makes short high sounds.
Synonyms: yelp, chatter Duress – threats to use to force a person to do something.
“Her Chihuahua kept yapping last night.” Synonyms: pressure, coercion
“She was made to give them money through duress.”
Wily – (of a person) intelligent, having very good understanding of
situations , possibilities, and people, and often willing to use tricks Inane – extremely silly or with real meaning or importance.
to achieve an aim. Synonym: aimless
Synonyms: crafty, cunning “I wonder why that guy keeps on making inane inventions.”
Senile – confused and unable to remember things because of old age. Onerous – difficult to do or needing a lot of effort.
Synonyms: anile, decrepit Synonyms: burdensome, taxing
“My grandmother is becoming more senile each day.” “Ugh, why do they always give us the onerous works?’

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Ardently – in away that shows strong feelings.

Covetous – wanting to have something too much, especially something

Profuse – produced or given in large amounts.

Connoisseur – a person who knows a lot about and enjoys one

Mundane – very ordinary and therefor not interesting.

Jaunt – a short journey for pleasure, sometimes including a stay.

“I don’t like lurid plots.” “She is a very benign girl.”

Synonyms: dilemma, bind Synonym: trend

Mitigate - to make something less harmful, unpleasant, or bad.

Forge - to make an illegal copy of something in order to deceive.

Phony - not sincere or not real.

“That antagonist is devious.” Synonyms: easy-going, amenable

Hostile - unfriendly and not liking something.

“Most predators in the wild are hostile to humans.” Synonym: settle

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