1. A snap of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow.
2. something serving to rouse or excite; a stimulus
3. A trivial addition; an embelishment.

Splitting, Splits, Split adjective:

1. Resembling a sound of violent tearing or ripping.
2. To divide from end to end along the grain by a sharp blow.
3. To seperate.
4. To divide and share.

Transitive Verb

1. To intersect or to cross

Adjective

1. Intersected or crossed in the form of an X
2. Arranged in pairs along the stem, each pair at a right angle to the one above or below. 

Noun

1. An act of plundering or despoiling; a raid.
2. [Plural] Destructive operations; ravages.

Noun

1. Evenness of mind; calmness; composure

Noun, Verb

1. A kiss; a playful kiss; a smack
2. To kiss; especially to kiss with a smack

Arcanum \ar-KAY-nuhm\, noun;

Plural arcana \-nuh\:

1. A secret; a mystery.
2. Specialized or mysterious knowledge, lnguage, or information that is not accessible to the average person (genrally used in the plural)

1. Hardened in wrongdoing; stubbornly wicked. Hardened in feelings; hard-hearted
2. Resistant to persuasion; unyielding.
3. Hard; harsh; rugged; rough.

Lacuna \luh-KYOO-nuh\, noun

plural lacunae\ luh-KYOO-nee\ or lacunas:

1. A blank space; a missing part; a gap.
2. (Biology) A small opening, depression, or cavity in an anatomical structure.

NOUN,

1. Avoirdupois weight, a system of weights based on a pound containing 16 ounces or 7,000 grains
2. Weigh; heaviness; as, a person of much avoirdupois.

Tessera \TES-uhr-uh; plural tesserae \TES-uhr-ee

NOUN,

1. A small piece of stone, glass, or tile used to make a mosaic.

Adjective

1. Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgement, and farsightedness.

Transitive Verb

1. To make ammends for

Adjective

1. Tending to make or become worse.
2. Tending to disparage or belittle
3. A belittling or disparaging word or expression

Sough/SAU;SUHf

Intansitive verb:

1. To make a soft, low sighing or rustling sound, as the wind.
2. A soft, low rustling sighing sound.

Countervail/koun-tuhr-VAYL)

Transitive Verb

1. To counterbalance or to neutralize.

deadal\DEE-dugl

adjective

1. Complex or ingenious in form or function; intricate.
2. Skillful; artistic; ingenious.
3. Rish; adorned with many things.

palliate\PAL-ee-ayt\

transitive verb

1. To ease the symptoms of a problem without fixing its cause.
2. To make an offense appear less severe by excuses or apologies; extenuate.

pule\PYOOL\

intansitive verb

1. To wimper; to whine

copse\kops\

noun

1. A thicket or grove of small trees.

eleemoynary\eh-uh-MOS-uh-ner-ee, el-ee-, -MOZ-

adjective

1. Relating to charity

tutelary\TOO-tuh-lair-ee; Tyoo-\

adjective

1. Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as, "tutelary goddesses."

ebullient\ih-BUL-yuhnt\

adjective

1. Overflowing with enthusiasm or excitement; high-spirited.
2. Boling up or over.

nimiety\nih-MY-uh-tee\

noun

1. The state of being too much; excess.

bilious\BIL-yuhs\

adjective

1. Extemely unpleasent
2. Ill-natured; irritable.
3. Relating to bile.

prescienc\PREE-shuns; PREE-shee-uns; PRESH-uns; PRESH-ee-uns; PREE-see-uns; PRES-ee-uns\

noun

1. Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight.

gravid\GRAV-id\

adjective

1. Being with child; heavy with young or eggs; pregnant.

sanguine\SANG-gwin\

adjective

1. Cheerfully optimistic or comfident.
2. Having a healthy reddish colour.
3. Blood-red.

salutary\SAL-yuh-ter-ee\

adjective

1. Producing or contributing to a beneficial effect; beneficial; advantageous.
2. Wholesome; healthful; promoting health.

phlegmatic/fleg-MAT-ic/

adjective

1. Havin a sluggish temperment; apathetic.
2. Calm or composed.

effulgence\i-FUL\junht(t)s\

noun

1. The state of being bright and radiant; splendor; brilliance.

choleric\KAHL-uhr-ik\

adjective

1. Easily irritated or angered; hot-tempered.

aver\uh-VUR\

tansitive verb

1. To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.
2. (Law) to assert, claim, or declare as a fact.

Carom \KAIR-uhm\

noun

1. A rebound following a collision; a galincing off.
2. A shot in billiards in which the cue ball successively strikes two other balls on the table.
3. To strike; to glance.
4. To make an object bounce off something.

mawkish /MAW-kish/

adjective

1. Excessively sentimental, especially in a false or childish manner.
2. Having a nauseating taste or smell.

abecedarian \ay-bee-see-DAIR-ee-uhn\, noun:

1. One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a beginner.
2. One engaged in teaching the alphabet.
3. Pertaining to the letters of the alphabet.
4. Arranged alphabetically.
5. Rudimentary; elementary.

frogmarch (FROG-march)

transitive verb

fecund \FEE-kuhnd; FEK-uhnd\, adjective:

1. Capable of producing offspring or vegetation; fruitful; prolific.
2. Intellectually productive or inventive.

diktat \dik-TAHT\, noun:

1. A harsh settlement unilaterally imposed on a defeated party.
2. An authoritative decree or order.

chary \CHAIR-ee\, adjective:

1. Wary; cautious.
2. Not giving or expending freely; sparing.

interlocutor \in-ter-LOK-yuh-ter\, noun:

1. Someone who takes part in a conversation, often formally or officially.
2. The performer in a minstrel show who is placed midway between the end men and engages in banter with them.

delectation \dee-lek-TAY-shun\, noun:

Great pleasure; delight, enjoyment.

rimy (RY-mee) adjective:

saturnine \SAT-uhr-nyn\, adjective:

1. Born under or being under the astrological influence of the planet Saturn.
2. Gloomy or sullen in disposition.
3. Having a sardonic or bitter aspect.

cobber (KOB-uhr) noun:

rictus \RIK-tuhs\, noun:

1. The gape of the mouth, as of birds.
2. A gaping grin or grimace.

chouse (chous) transitive verb

truckle \TRUHK-uhl\, intransitive verb:

1. To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to act in a subservient manner.
2. A small wheel or roller; a caster.

agnosia (ag-NO-zhuh) noun:

flout \FLOWT\, transitive verb:

1. To treat with contempt and disregard; to show contempt for.
2. To mock, to scoff.
3. Mockery, scoffing.

smalto (SMAHL-to) noun:

stultify \STUHL-tuh-fahy\, verb:

1. To render useless or ineffectual; cripple.
2. To cause to appear stupid, inconsistent, or ridiculous.
3. Law To allege or prove insane and so not legally responsible.

simpatico (sim-PAH-ti-ko, -PAT-i-) adjective:

perorate \PUR-uh-rayt\, intransitive verb:

1. To conclude or sum up a long discourse.
2. To speak or expound at length; to declaim.

furbelow \FUR-buh-low\, noun:

1. A pleated or gathered flounce on a woman's garment; a ruffle.
2. Something showy or superfluous; a bit of showy ornamentation.

shrew (shroo) noun:

A bad-tempered, nagging woman.

gadabout \GAD-uh-bout\, noun:

Someone who roams about in search of amusement or social activity.

acquiesce \ak-wee-ES\, intransitive verb:

To accept or consent passively or without objection -- usually used with 'in' or 'to'.

odious (O-dee-uhs) adjective:

sacrosanct \SAK-roh-sankt\, adjective:

1. Extremely sacred or inviolable.
2. Not to be entered or trespassed upon.
3. Above or beyond criticism, change, or interference.

asinine (ASS-uh-nyn) adjective:

furbelow \FUR-buh-low\, noun:

1. A pleated or gathered flounce on a woman's garment; a ruffle.
2. Something showy or superfluous; a bit of showy ornamentation.

adiaphorism (ad-ee-AF-uh-riz-uhm) noun:

supplicatory (SUH-pli-kuh-tor-ee) adjective:

propitious \pruh-PISH-uhs\, adjective:

1. Presenting favorable circumstances or conditions.
2. Favorably inclined; gracious; benevolent.

micropsia (my-KROP-see-uh) noun:

undulation \uhn-juh-LEY-shuhn, uhn-dyuh-, -duh-\, noun:

1. A regular rising and falling or movement to alternating sides; movement in waves.
2. A wavelike form, outline, or appearance.
3. One of a series of waves or wavelike segments.

diastrophism (dy-AS-truh-fiz-uhm) noun:

bowdlerize \BODE-luh-rise; BOWD-\, transitive verb:

1. To remove or modify the parts (of a book, for example) considered offensive.
2. To modify, as by shortening, simplifying, or distorting in style or content.

celerity \suh-LAIR-uh-tee\, noun:

Rapidity of motion or action; quickness; swiftness.

malapropism \mal-uh-PROP-iz-uhm\, noun:

1. An act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, esp. by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
2. An example of such misuse.

refulgent \rih-FUL-juhnt\, adjective:

Shining brightly; radiant; brilliant; resplendent.

furtive \FUR-tiv\, adjective:

1. Done by stealth; surreptitious; secret; as, a furtive look.
2. Expressive of stealth; sly; shifty; sneaky.
3. Stolen; obtained by stealth.
4. Given to stealing; thievish; pilfering.

cwm (koom) noun:

luminary \LOO-muh-nair-ee\, noun:

1. Any body that gives light, especially one of the heavenly bodies.
2. A person of eminence or brilliant achievement.

birl (burl) verb tr., intr.:

cynosure \SY-nuh-shoor; SIN-uh-shoor\, noun:

1. An object that serves as a focal point of attention and admiration.
2. That which serves to guide or direct.
3. [Capitalized]. The northern constellation Ursa Minor, which contains the North Star; also, the North Star itself.

noun: Stale, humid, and stuffy atmosphere, as in a crowded, poorly ventilated room.

métier \met-YAY; MET-yay\, noun:

1. An occupation; a profession.
2. An area in which one excels; an occupation for which one is especially well suited.

peradventure \puhr-uhd-VEN-chuhr; pehr-\, adverb:

1. [Archaic] Possibly; perhaps.
2. Chance, uncertainty, or doubt.

ort (ort) noun

travail \truh-VAYL; TRAV-ayl\, noun:

1. Painful or arduous work; severe toil or exertion.
2. Agony; anguish.
3. The labor of childbirth
4. To work very hard; to toil.
5. To suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor.

insouciant \in-SOO-see-uhnt\, adjective:

Marked by lighthearted unconcern or indifference; carefree; nonchalant.

hebetude \HEB-uh-tood-; -tyood\, noun:

Mental dullness or sluggishness.

equipoise \EE-kwuh-poiz; EK-wuh-\, noun:

1. A state of being equally balanced; equilibrium; -- as of moral, political, or social interests or forces.
2. Counterbalance.