These are the words in the "Word of the day" series.
If you are brave or foolish enough to dig into the different types of words in English, try this.
A few word entries indicate how it would be pronounced in England, (i.e. how I would say it), but as this talented voice coach proves, geographic origin is the dominant influencer of pronunciation.
Click on each to read about it.
#1 ENNUI
#2 MELANCHOLY
#3 ONOMATOPOEIA
#5 SANCTIMONY
#6 SAPPHIC
#7 DUPLICITUS
#8 SUPERCILIOUS
#9 PEDANTIC
#10 MALLEABLE
#11 FEBRILE
#12 LICKSPITTLE
#13 FENDERSMITH
#14 FRIPPERY
#15 CURMUDGEON
#16 NIGGARD
#17 FLUMMOX
#18 CORNUCOPIA
#19 DISPASSIONATELY
#20 DISCOMBOBULATION
#21 SCHADENFREUDE
#22 INCONTROVERTIBLE
#23 FECUNDITY
#24 DISSOLUTION
#25 GALLIMAUFRY
#26 OBFUSCATION
#27 POLYSEMY
#28 FACETIOUS
#30 OBSEQUIOUS
#31 CIRCUMSPECTION
#32 GAWPING
#33 FULMINATING
#34 ENCOMIUM
#35 MALEFICENCE
#36 CORUSCATE
#37 TEMERITY
#38 HUBRIS
#39 TRUCULENCE
#40 RIGMAROLE
#41 PERNICIOUS
#42 ACCRETION
#43 NITHERED
#44 NARCISSISM
#45 FESTOON
#46 GOBSMACKED
#47 FUGUE
#48 ERUDITE
#49 ELOCUTION
#50 MACHINATIONS
#51 ABROGATE
#52 SOUPÇON
#53 ACERBIC
#54 BLIMEY
#55 CRIKEY
#56 MISANTHROPIC
#57 AVUNCULAR
#58 FRITTER
#59 SHENANIGANS
#60 SARDONIC
#61 GINORMOUS
#62 INSIDIOUS
#63 LASCIVIOUS
#64 FRISSON
#65 MESSIANIC
#66 COTERIE
#67 JITTERY
#68 OMNIPOTENCE
#69 MAELSTROM
#70 GIGIL
#71 ANTIPATHY
#72 GOBBLEDYGOOK
#73 LUMMOX
#74 MOPE


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