Colloquial

[kuh-loh-kwee-uhl] 

–adjective

1.  characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.

2.  involving or using conversation.

Beguile

[bih-gahyl] –verb

1. To influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.

2. To take away from by cheating or deceiving (usually followed by of ): to be beguiled of money.

3. To charm or divert: a multitude of attractions to beguile the tourist.

Befuddle

[bih-fuhd-l]

–verb

1.  To confuse, as with glib statements or arguments: politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises.

2.  To make stupidly drunk.

Systemic

[si-stem-ik]

 

–adjective

1. Of or pertaining to a system.

2. Affecting an entire system.

3. (of a pesticide) absorbed and circulated by a plant or other organism so as to be lethal to pests that feed on it.

Inconceivable

[in-kuhn-see-vuh-buhl]
–adjective
Incapable of being conceived, imagined, or considered.

Anecdote

[an-ik-doh-tuh]  
–noun

1.  A short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.

2.  A short, obscure historical or biographical account.

Quizzical

/ˈkwɪzɪkəl/ Show Spelled[kwiz-i-kuhl] 

–adjective

1.  Odd or comical.

2.  Questioning or puzzled.

3.  Derisively questioning, ridiculing.

Ergo

[ur-goh, er-goh] 

–conjunction

Therefore

Postulate

[pos-chuh-leyt] 

 

–verb

1.  To ask, demand, or claim.

2.  To claim or assume the existence or truth of, especially as a basis for reasoning or arguing.

3.  To assume without proof, or as self-evident; take for granted.

Reprieve

[ri-preev] 

 

–verb

To delay an impending punishment or sentence.

Zoological

[zoh-uh-loj-i-kuhl]

–adjective

1.  Of or pertaining to zoology.

2.  Relating to or concerned with animals.

Retch

[rech] –verb 

To make efforts to vomit.

Temperamental

[tem-per-uh-men-tl] 

–adjective

1.  Moody, irritable, or sensitive.

2.  Given to erratic behavior; unpredictable.

Procrastinate

[proh-kras-tuh-neyt]

–verb (used with object)

To put off till another day or time; defer; delay.

Soliloquy

[suh-lil-uh-kwee]

–noun

1. An utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present (often used as a device in drama to disclose a character's innermost thoughts).

2. The act of talking while or as if alone.

Quandary

[kwon-duh-ree, -dree]  

–noun

A state of perplexity or uncertainty, especially as to what to do; dilemma.

Globule

[glob-yool]

–noun

A small spherical body.

Touché

[too-shey]

–interjection

1.  In fencing, an expression used to indicate a hit or touch.

2.  An expression used for acknowledging a telling remark or rejoinder.

Rotund

/roʊˈtʌnd/ Show Spelled[roh-tuhnd] 

–adjective

1.  round in shape; rounded: ripe, rotund fruit.

2.  plump; fat.

3.  full-toned or sonorous: rotund speeches.

Dystopia

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[dis-toh-pee-uh]

–noun

a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.