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vagarious

[vuh-gair-ee-uhs]

erratic and unpredictable in behavior or direction

ballyhoo

[bal-ee-hoo]

a clamorous and vigorous attempt to win customers or advance any cause; blatant advertising or publicity

hogwash

[hawg-wosh]

refuse given to hogs; swill

razzmatazz

[raz-muh-taz]

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

synchrony

[sing-kruh-nee]

simultaneous occurrence; synchronism

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"

spellbinding

[spel-bahynd-ing]

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

gargantuan

[gahr-gan-choo-uhn]

gigantic; enormous; colossal

jabberwocky

[jab-er-wok-ee]

invented or meaningless language; nonsense

pawky

[paw-kee]

cunning; sly

hodgepodge

[hoj-poj]

a heterogeneous mixture; jumble

winebibber

[wahyn-bib-er]

a person who drinks a lot wine

bombastic

[bom-bas-tik]

high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious

antic

[an-tik]

a playful trick or prank; caper

bugbear

[buhg-bair]

a cause of obsessive fear, irritation, or loathing

adulate

[aj-uh-leyt]

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

hobnob

[hob-nob]

to associate on very friendly terms (usually followed by 'with')

piffle

[pif-uhl]

nonsense, as trivial or senseless talk

bamboozle

[bam-boo-zuhl]

to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like

pompous

[pom-puhs]

characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance

baste

[beyst]

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

snafu

[sna-foo]

a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation

hubbub

[huhb-uhb]

a loud, confused noise, as of many voices

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