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snickersnee
[snik-er-snee]
a knife, especially one used as a weapon.

schmooze
[shmooz]
to chat idly; gossip

acumen
[uh-kyoo-muhn]
keen insight; shrewdness

officious
[uh-fish-uhs]
objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome

yarborough
[yahr-bur-oh]
a hand in which no card is higher than a nine

prate
[preyt]
to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble

pellucid
[puh-loo-sid]
allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent; clear

somnolent
[som-nuh-luhnt]
sleepy; drowsy

chthonian
[thoh-nee-uhn]
of Classical Mythology, relating to the deities, spirits, and other dwellings under the earth

imbroglio
[im-brohl-yoh]
a misunderstanding, disagreement, etc. of a complicated or bitter nature, as between persons or nations

triskaidekaphobia
[tris-kahy-dek-uh-foh-bee-uh]
a fear of the number 13

succedaneum
[suhk-si-dey-nee-uhm]
a substitute

fipple
[fip-uhl]
a plug stopping the upper end of a pipe, as a recorder or a whistle, and having a narrow slit through which the player blows

perpetuate
[per-pech-oo-eyt]
to enable or allow the continuation of into the future; keep alive (used most often in reference to something considered harmful or false)

sycophant
[sik-uh-fuhnt, sik-uh-fant]
a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite

vituperate
[vahy-too-puh-reyt]
to use or address with harsh or abusive language; revile