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embroil
[em-broil]
to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife

lachrymose
[lak-ruh-mohs]
suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful

nonsensical
[non-sen-si-kuhl]
having little or no meaning; making little or no sense

plumbeous
[pluhm-bee-uhs]
resembling or containing lead; leaden

nimiety
[ni-mahy-i-tee]
excess; overabundance

maudlin
[mawd-lin]
tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental

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

propinquity
[proh-ping-kwi-tee]
the state of being close to someone or something; proximity

spondee
[spon-dee]
in poetry, a "foot" of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter

blatherskite
[blath-er-skahyt]
a person given to voluble, empty talk; nonsense; blather

synecdoche
[si-nek-duh-kee]
a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in Texas won by six runs (meaning “Texas's baseball team”)

spurious
[spyoor-ee-uhs]
not being what it purports to be; false or fake

cognizance
[kog-nuh-zuhns]
awareness, realization, or knowledge; notice; perception

saturnine
[sat-er-nahyn]
sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn

peregrinate
[per-i-gruh-neyt]
to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot

cicerone
[sis-uh-roh-nee]
a guide who gives information about antiquities and places of interest to sightseers