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vaudeville

[vawd-vill]

theatrical entertainment consisting of a number of individual performances, acts, or mixed numbers, as by comedians, singers, dancers, acrobats, and magicians

gargantuan

[gahr-gan-choo-uhn]

gigantic; enormous; colossal

razzmatazz

[raz-muh-taz]

razzle-dazzle, or showiness, brilliance, or virtuosity in technique or effect

jabberwocky

[jab-er-wok-ee]

invented or meaningless language; nonsense

winebibber

[wahyn-bib-er]

a person who drinks a lot wine

lackadaisical

[lak-uh-dey-zi-kuhl]

without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; lethargic

pompous

[pom-puhs]

characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance

sesquipedalian

[ses-kwi-pi-dey-lee-uhn]

characterized by long words

pawky

[paw-kee]

cunning; sly

adulate

[aj-uh-leyt]

to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely

oxymoron

[ok-si-mawr-on]

a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly"

hubbub

[huhb-uhb]

a loud, confused noise, as of many voices

bugbear

[buhg-bair]

a cause of obsessive fear, irritation, or loathing

saccharine

[sak-er-in]

of the nature of or resembling that of sugar

hurtle

[hur-tl]

to rush violently; move with great speed

maverick

[mav-er-ik]

a lone dissenter, such as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from their peers

bombastic

[bom-bas-tik]

high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious

spellbinding

[spel-bahynd-ing]

holding one's attention completely as though by magic; fascinating

piffle

[pif-uhl]

nonsense, as trivial or senseless talk

snafu

[sna-foo]

a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation

dunce

[duhns]

a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt

baste

[beyst]

to sew with long, loose stitches, as in temporarily tacking together pieces of a garment while it is being made

dispel

[dih-spel]

to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate

highfalutin

[hahy-fuh-loot-n]

seeming or trying to seem superior, important, etc.; pompous; pretentious