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ballyhoo
[bal-ee-hoo]
a clamorous and vigorous attempt to win customers or advance any cause; blatant advertising or publicity

onomatopoeia
[on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh]
the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent; often used for rhetorical, dramatic, or poetic effect

extrapolate
[ik-strap-uh-leyt]
to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture

brusque
[bruhsk]
abrupt in manner; blunt; rough

miscreant
[mis-kree-uhnt]
a vicious or depraved person; villain

contumacious
[kon-too-mey-shuhs]
stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient

schadenfreude
[shahd-n-froi-duh]
satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune

inexorable
[in-ek-ser-uh-buhl]
not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties

cerulean
[suh-roo-lee-uhn]
deep blue; sky blue; azure

stalwart
[stawl-wert]
strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust

zeitgeber
[tsahyt-gey-ber]
an environmental cue, as the length of daylight or the degree of temperature, that helps to regulate the cycles of an organism's biological clock

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

malapropism
[mal-uh-prop-iz-uhm]
an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound

portend
[pawr-tend]
to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does

disparate
[dis-per-it]
distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar

incriminate
[in-krim-uh-neyt]
to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault