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Exploring Unique Vocabulary: Mollify, Polyglot, and More

Dive into the fascinating world of unique vocabulary with this compilation of intriguing words. Discover the meanings of terms like "mollify," which means to make soft or calm anger, and "ichthyologist," a scientist who studies fish. Delve into the realm of languages with "polyglot," describing someone fluent in multiple tongues. From "somniferous," bringing sleep, to "abjure," meaning to renounce, this collection showcases words that enrich our language. Perfect for vocabulary enthusiasts and language learners alike!

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Exploring Unique Vocabulary: Mollify, Polyglot, and More

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  1. Yellow List 22 Word Within The Word

  2. Mollify icthyologist • To make soft. • It can be difficult to mollifysomeone’s anger. • Your turn: • Scientist who studies fish. • Up splashed a water-logged icthyologist. • icthy- having to do with fish • ology- study of • ist- an expert

  3. Polyglot diaphanous • One who speaks multiple languages. • Multi-linguist • She is a brilliant polyglot who speaks seven languages. • Semi-transparent. • Dia- Through • Phaineine- to show • Her diaphanous gown blew around her in the breeze.

  4. Somniferous sinecure • Bringing sleep. • The teacher’s lecture was positively somniferous! • ZZZZZ…..are you awake? • An easy, lucrative job. • He has a comfortable sinecure at his uncle’s law firm.

  5. Soliloquy adherent • A speech to one’s self. • Hamlet’s famous soliloquy is the question. • Supporter • Noah is an adherent of Team Jacob.

  6. Abjure caustic • Renounce • To abjure one’s former beliefs is stressful. • Burning • The smoldering tires gave off a caustic, acrid smell. • The caustic comments hurt her feelings. • Sounds like….cauterize.

  7. Confluence depose • A flowing together. • When I hiked Buckskin Gulch, I was very grateful to reach the Confluence of rivers. • To topple from power. • The deposed dictator went into hiding in South America.

  8. Egomania egregious • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x1K5UH2nek • Self-obsession • NOAH KOCH is egomaniacal. • Blatant • The data clerk made an egregious error which cost the company millions.

  9. Analgesic chiromancy • Painkiller • After this class, I could really use an analgesic. • Palm-reading • Professor Trelawney attempts to divine the future through the art of chiromancy.

  10. Oligarchy intractable • Government by a few • Solitude • The corrupt Greek oligarchy kept control. • Stubborn • The bigot’s intractable opinions were unchangeable.

  11. Intransigent perfidious • Not compromising • The intransigent, true believers, still wait for Santa Claus. • http://www.videodetective.com/titledetails.aspx?PublishedID=632682 • Treacherous • His perfidious cowardice made him infamous.

  12. Perspicuous ingenuous • Brilliantly clear • Her perspicuous essay won her the scholarship. • Innocent and naïve • Ingenue • The ingenuous- but not ingenious- girl believed it.

  13. Circumlocution gregarious • Talking in circles • He used circumlocution to avoid answering the question. • Sociable • Syn: extroverted • He has a friendly, gregarious personality.

  14. discursive • Rambling • It was a rambling, discursive speech.

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