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Usage

• sanctimonious

  Someone who is sanctimonious endeavors to show that they are morally superior to others.

• calligraphy

  Calligraphy is the art of beautiful handwriting using special pens or brushes.

• artifact

  An artifact is a weapon, tool, or piece of art created by human beings that is historically and culturally interesting or valuable.

• munificent

  A munificent person is extremely generous, especially with money.

• edifice

  An edifice is a large or impressive building, such as a church, palace, temple, or fortress.

• grandiloquent

  Grandiloquent speech is highly formal, exaggerated, and often seems both silly and hollow because it is expressly used to appear impressive and important.

• acrimonious

  An acrimonious meeting or discussion is bitter, resentful, and filled with angry contention.

• mellifluous

  A mellifluous voice or piece of music is gentle and pleasant to listen to.

• edification

  If something is done for someone's edification, it is done to benefit that person by teaching them something that improves or enlightens their knowledge or character.

• vociferous

  Someone who is vociferous expresses their opinions loudly and strongly because they want their views to be heard.

• verisimilitude

  Verisimilitude is something's authenticity or appearance of being real or true.

• proliferate

  If something proliferates, it grows and spreads quickly so that there is a great abundance of it.

• prolific

  Something or someone that is prolific is highly fruitful and so produces a lot of something.

• parsimonious

  A parsimonious person is not willing to give or spend money.

• solicitous

  A person who is solicitous behaves in a way that shows great concern about someone's health, feelings, safety, etc.

• belligerent

  A belligerent person or country is aggressive, very unfriendly, and likely to start a fight.

• plenipotentiary

  A plenipotentiary is someone who has full power to take action or make decisions on behalf of their government in a foreign country.

• soliloquy

  A soliloquy is the act of speaking by a single person, usually an actor in the theater.

• aliment

  Aliment is something, usually food, that feeds, nourishes, or supports someone or something else.

• beatific

  A beatific expression, look, or smile shows great peace and happiness—it is angelic and saintly.

• verbiage

  Verbiage is an excessive use of words to convey something that could be expressed using fewer words; it can also be the manner or style in which someone uses words.

• soporific

  Something soporific makes you feel sleepy or drowsy.

• bailiwick

  A bailiwick is a person's sphere of knowledge or learned skill.

• artifice

  When you employ artifice, you use clever tricks and cunning to deceive someone.

• patriarch

  A patriarch is a male leader of a family or tribe; a patriarch can also be a man who is the founder of a group or organization.

• matriarch

  A matriarch is an older and powerful woman who controls a family, community, or other social group.

• fortification

  A fortification is a structure or building that is used in defense against an invading army.

• gratification

  When you have a feeling of gratification, you experience satisfaction or pleasure about a job well done.

• pedigree

  A pedigree is your list of ancestors or family tree; it can also be the lineage of a purebred animal.

• ramification

  A ramification from an action is a result or consequence of it—and is often unanticipated.

• ratification

  The ratification of a measure or agreement is its official approval or confirmation by all involved.

• sacrilegious

  A sacrilegious act is one of deep disrespect that violates something that is sacred or holy.

• significant

  Something that is significant is important or meaningful.

• regimented

  Something that is regimented is organized and controlled by strict rules.

• apparition

  An apparition is something that unexpectedly appears that is either a ghost or ghostly.

• specific

  Something specific is only one thing of many in a group.

• abbreviation

  An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or words, such as "rd." for "road," "USA" for "United States of America," or "lol" for "laugh out loud."

• magnificent

  Something that is magnificent is wonderful or really great.

• anniversary

  An anniversary is a yearly celebration of something important that happened in the past, such as a wedding or birth.

• plentiful

  A plentiful amount of something, such as food, is more than enough of it.

• privilege

  A privilege is a right or freedom that people have to do something, such as vote or drive a car.

• participate

  When you participate in something, such as a game, you take part in it or join in.